Former NFL player Josh Hokit went viral after his wild rant on Dana White’s Contender Series. On Tuesday, Hokit, who once played tight end for the Niners, fought for the ability to win a UFC contract.
After winning his fight, Hokit went on a bizarre rant declaring that he was ready to fight murderers, rapists, and sex traffickers.
“Me and my partner Dana White and I have decided to get rid of this unetertaining heavyweight division and instead we’re going to invent the incredible Hok division, but my opponents won’t be these lazy, boring heavyweights, my opponents will be sex tradffickers, pedophiles, rapists, hell you can even throw the transgenders in there.”
“Line them all up. One by one, I’ll give them a good, old American beatdown inside the Octagon to show the world there are consequences for these types of behaviors in America.”
Josh Hokit lists the people he wants to fight:
Rapists
Sex traffickers
Murderers
PedophilesAnd then says “hell you can throw the trans in there”
— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) August 20, 2025
Hokit continued to make wild comments during his post-fight press conference.
“I see all these heavyweights getting cut…they bring nothing to the table, most of them are just overweight fat guys, their fights are boring, they don’t even speak English. I feel like that should be a criteria, you speak English, and then you can be in the UFC.”
Newly signed UFC fighter Josh Hokit says some Heavyweights are being cut or not being re-signed for being boring, fat, and offering nothing to the UFC.
He also said that knowing English should be mandatory to sign with the promotion.#DWCS
— Verdict (@VerdictMMA) August 20, 2025
Hokit received backlash on social media for his rant.
Pure unadulterated racism straight into the veins of UFC and MMA fans. https://t.co/Vm0AIXsp3H
— Rodrigo Del Campo González (@RodDelCampo) August 20, 2025