Josh Hokit is taking nothing back. Yahoo Sports reported Friday that the UFC 334 heavyweight title challenger stands by his White House attack on former First Lady Michelle Obama, one day before he walks out against Ciryl Gane.
He has also explained why he talks this way. In a conversation with Daniel Cormier, which Championship Rounds posted Wednesday on X, the two argued over whether Hokit’s controversial comments are helping or hurting his career. Hokit answered by pointing at Cormier’s own paycheck history.
“You fought Jon Jones for $50K. I’m not going through that. I don’t want anyone to lowball me. If I gotta crack a few eggs to make an omlette, that’s what I’m gonna do.”
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You can argue with the strategy. You can’t say he dodged the question. He treats heat as leverage at the negotiating table, and he said it out loud to a guy who has been on the wrong end of that math.
The act has fans on the roster, too. On Thursday, Happy Punch and Championship Rounds both posted clips of Hokit delivering this line: “On that side of the table, they like dck. On this side of the table, we like pssy!” Amanda Nunes dapped him up for it, according to Happy Punch.
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Hokit is 10-0 and sits at No. 10 at heavyweight in Knockout Daily’s rankings. The Meta UFC rankings had him at No. 5 as of Oct. 24. He trains at Jackson-Wink MMA, and his last fight was June 14.
The road here is strange even by heavyweight standards. Hokit played football and wrestled at Fresno State, where he was an All-American on the mat, then signed with the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2020 and bounced between the roster and the practice squad. He signed with Bellator in March 2023 and debuted that October at Bellator 300, submitting Spencer Smith with an arm-triangle in Round 3. Three LFA wins and a Dana White’s Contender Series booking later, he’s fighting for a belt. He turned 29 on Thursday, in the middle of fight week.
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Hokit and Gane faced off Tuesday. The fight is Saturday, Nov. 14. Win, and the UFC has a heavyweight champion who will say whatever he wants at every press conference for the foreseeable future. Lose, and he cracked a lot of eggs for no omelet.
