UFC Signs Josh Hokit After DWCS TKO as Post-Fight Rant and Past Slurs Face Scrutiny
The ex-NFL player delivered a WWE-style monologue that targeted fellow heavyweights, non‑English speakers, transgender people.
Overview
- Josh Hokit stopped Guilherme Uriel by second‑round TKO on Dana White’s Contender Series and was awarded a UFC contract as part of a night where all winners were signed.
- Dana White praised Hokit’s performance, citing how he broke Uriel in the first round and finished in the second.
- In his on-air comments, Hokit grouped transgender people with sex criminals and vowed to give them a “good, old American beatdown” inside the Octagon.
- At the post-fight presser, Hokit called many heavyweights “overweight fat guys,” described their fights as boring, and argued that speaking English should be a UFC requirement.
- Pre-fight, Hokit posted videos insulting Brazilians and a now-deleted segment included a racial slur directed at Uriel, which Uriel condemned in an interview.