Overview
- Strickland criticized Hokit during a UFC on Paramount appearance, calling his street interviews and WWE-style act fake and fabricated.
- Hokit answered on X with a fight challenge and a jab comparing Strickland’s complaint to a circus clown grumbling about balloons.
- Hokit is 9-0 overall and 3-0 in the UFC after a double bonus win over Curtis Blaydes at UFC 327.
- He is booked to face Derrick Lewis on June 14 at the White House Freedom 250 card, which reports say came at President Trump's request.
- Strickland said he likes Hokit as a person and has trained with him, and he is set to challenge Khamzat Chimaev for the middleweight title at UFC 328 in Newark.