{"id":579349,"date":"2026-04-12T07:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/579349\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T07:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:10:10","slug":"best-heavyweight-fight-i-have-ever-seen-pros-react-to-josh-hokits-insane-brawl-with-curtis-blaydes-at-ufc-327","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/579349\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Best heavyweight fight I have ever seen\u2019: Pros react to Josh Hokit\u2019s insane brawl with Curtis Blaydes at UFC 327"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Josh Hokit and Curtis Blaydes put on a heavyweight fight for the ages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The big boys delivered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc\/482109\/ufc-327-results-josh-hokit-wins-slugfest-against-curtis-blaydes-in-potential-fight-of-the-year-performance\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a truly unbelievable 15 minutes of action<\/a> Saturday at UFC 327 in Miami, looking like either could end the fight in seconds and instead having to batter and bloody each other for three rounds. Somehow, Hokit and Blaydes kept up a flyweight pace through it all, trading haymakers in close, jabbing each other\u2019s faces off from distance, and elbowing and kneeing each other in the clinch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In the end, Hokit held on to his undefeated record with a well-earned unanimous decision win over a veteran top 10 contender. Blaydes takes the loss, but undoubtedly leaves Kaseya Center with a newfound appreciation from the fans. Don\u2019t be surprised if the matchmakers decide to have these two run it back someday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For now, Hokit and Blaydes\u2014who were both transferred to the hospital afterward\u2014can bask in the admiration of their peers and presumably a $100,000 bonus when Saturday\u2019s Fight of the Night award is announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">See how pros reacted to the unreal action below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Hokit and Curtis Blaydes put on a heavyweight fight for the ages. The big boys delivered a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[829,99,6493,10080],"class_list":{"0":"post-579349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-latest-news","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-ufc","11":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}