Jon Jones may train under the same coaches as Josh Hokit, but he is not a fan of the heavyweight contender.
Hokit dropped a close decision to current heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane at UFC 334 on Saturday night, pushing a wild pace on “Bon Gamin” but fading through the fourth and fifth rounds en route to a 48-47 unanimous decision defeat. Pretty much everyone who watched the fight walked away impressed with Hokit’s performance (watch the highlights here) … but not Jones.
“Same coaches, different results,”
Jones said, referencing his win over Gane from 2023. “Put your hand down [Hokit]. Good job Frenchman!”
Despite both being trained by Greg Jackson and Mike Winkeljohn, there’s growing animosity between Jones and Hokit. Hokit was one of the louder voices bashing Jones after his protege Gable Steveson got knocked out in September.
“It’s the craziest coincidence,” Jones wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “Almost every single fighter that talks crap about me ends up losing the next fight. I swear it’s been that way for years. Weird.”
Jones’ two-minute clowning of Gane has certainly aged well now that the French fighter has claimed the undisputed heavyweight title, defeating Alex Pereira and Josh Hokit. Now, every time Gane wins, people point to how easy “Bones” made it look to beat him.
“At this point, Ciryl Gane is doing Jones’ bidding,” one fan tweeted.
“I’m not gonna lie, it’s kind of nice,” Jones responded.
