New York — Josh Hokit isn’t about to stop his out-of-cage antics ahead of UFC 334 (on Wednesday, he let rip with a line that went “Kayla Harrison’s d*ck is so big, Ciryl Gane sucked it,” to crickets).
That said, it doesn’t seem that Hokit is overly concerned about whether UFC 334 opponent Gane reacts to all the chaos or not.
“It doesn’t matter how he’s reacting. Little things,” Hotkit (10-0) told media outlets including Cageside Press during Wednesday’s media day. “I take off my glasses, he takes off his glasses and his hat. He’s already dancing to my dance at the end of the day. So it’s little stuff like that, that I’m just getting reads.”
“Whether he wants to react to the trash talk or not, it is what it is. We’re about to fight, and in war, anything goes.”
In a more serious breakdown of the fight, Hokit’s first shot at a UFC title after a quick rise up the heavyweight ranks, the American suggested that “he’s going to try to dance around, which I can’t beat him at that game. We can’t both be dancing around, and pitter-patting and stuff. I’ve got to make it ugly, I’ve got to close the distance. That’s where I thrive, I believe.”
Everything in his life, meanwhile, has led Hokit to this position, he suggested. “This is my moment. I think everything I’ve been through in my life has prepped for this situation. Been wrestling since I was four, playing football since I was seven. Just the roller coaster journey, the ups and downs. People seen how quickly I got to the title, but they haven’t seen the whole process. They just see the four fights.”
As much as Hokit has been a little more serious of late, he’s unapologetic about everything he’s said to this point. Even his “Michelle Obama is a man” comment at the White House. “Nah, nah. I’ll never look back and be like ‘I regret that.’” Though he admitted that “I’m sure it wasn’t” when asked if the White House was the right venue to make such a statement. “But it is what it is. I made it on Donald Trump’s Truth Social post. Are you on Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts?”
“At the end of the day, my name is going to live on forever. Media people, whatever, you can not like it. It is what it is. I’m here to be remembered, and if I’ve got to crack a few eggs to make an omelet, then f*ck it. If I’ve got to burn the bridge to light the way, f*ck it. I’m here to take what is mine. And if I’ve got to rub some people the wrong way, if I’ve got to say some sh*t in the wrong location, it is what it is. Was it not a good location to say it? We’re at the White House. That house represents freedom of speech. So it is what it is. I think that is the perfect location to say it.”
Watch the full UFC 334 media day appearance by Josh Hokit above.