Imagine giving “The Incredible Hok” a championship microphone every few months.
Undefeated Heavyweight contender Josh Hokit officially received his first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) title shot during the UFC 331 broadcast last night (Sat., Sept. 19, 2026) and will face newly promoted undisputed Heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane in the main event of UFC 334, scheduled for Nov. 14, 2026, inside Madison Square Garden in New York City.
“The Incredible Hok” becoming champion would be an incredible
athletic accomplishment, especially given how fast he rose to a title fight. It would also guarantee that UFC CEO Dana White has to spend the foreseeable future nervously watching every post-fight interview with a fire extinguisher nearby.
During the UFC 331 post-fight press conference (watch here), White was asked whether he was worried about the possibility of Hokit defeating Gane and becoming the face of UFC’s Heavyweight division.
“I got a lot of thoughts on that,” White said. “Yeah, lots and lots. I’m sure they’re the same thoughts that you’re all having. I doubt we’re that different. Yeah.”
Hokit’s performances inside the Octagon have been flawless. His work on the microphone, however, has ranged from painfully forced professional wrestling material to genuinely ugly personal attacks.
After scoring a 56-second knockout in his UFC debut, Hokit delivered an awkward rhyming promo in which he called himself “the boy toy,” “the ladies’ joy” and “the truth-speaking pastor’s pastor.” Things did not improve after his second UFC victory at UFC 324, with White admitting he “didn’t love” Hokit’s latest post-fight routine.
White briefly backed off after Hokit defeated Curtis Blaydes in an all-out war at UFC 327, admitting the rising contender had “walked the talk.”
Then came UFC White House.
Following his knockout victory over Derrick Lewis, Hokit used his interview with Joe Rogan to falsely claim former First Lady Michelle Obama was a man. White later called the remark “gross,” “inappropriate,” and “f—king moronic,” but Hokit refused to apologize, promising fans would never hear him “backtrack” from anything he says.
Despite clearly despising Hokit’s routine, White reiterated that UFC will not punish the undefeated contender for his comments or prevent him from succeeding.
“I don’t police what people say and any of that s—t, and if you keep winning,” White said. “I say it all the time: I don’t have to like you for you to thrive here and do well and be successful. Many people that I do not like have done very well here.”
“I’m not saying I don’t like Josh Hokit; I literally don’t like anything Josh Hokit says,” White continued. “And that’s not going to change unless he changes, and I don’t see that happening.”
Unfortunately for White, Hokit has done nothing but win.
The former NFL hopeful is 10-0 as a professional and has rattled off four consecutive UFC victories, including stoppages of Lewis and Denzel Freeman, along with his wild decision victory over Blaydes. If he can successfully drag Gane into another ugly, physical fight at UFC 334, White may soon have to place the promotion’s biggest microphone in the hands of the one fighter he desperately does not want speaking into it.
To checkout UFC’s upcoming schedule of events click here.
