Derrick Lewis has been within the UFC for a very long time and has seen a variety of fights, however he has by no means seen anybody like Josh Hokit.
On Friday, the UFC held its first press convention forward of this summer time’s marquee occasion, the UFC White Home, the place Lewis will face Hokit in a heavyweight prelim. The press convention featured all 14 opponents competing on the cardboard, and issues went just about as deliberate till Hokit entered the match.
Hokit has been making a reputation for himself within the wrestling world over the previous few months, however his “Unimaginable Hocks” have been on full show Friday, taking each alternative to hurl rhyming insults at Ruiz and Alex Pereira. Hokit’s outlandish habits in the end angered light-weight champion Ilya Topuria, who practically received right into a fist combat that resulted in Hokit being faraway from the presser.
And even Lewis, who has greater than 30 fights within the UFC, was shocked by the entire ordeal.
“I do not know, it was loopy,” Lewis informed Megan Olivi afterward. “That was most likely one of many craziest press conferences I’ve ever been part of.”
Regardless of all of Hokit’s antics, it would not appear to have had the specified impact of getting a response from Lewis. “The Black Beast” had little response to Hokit in the course of the presser, insisting afterwards that there was no have to say a lot in regards to the man.
“I actually could not hear something he was saying,” Lewis mentioned. “I actually could not do it. I attempted, however I could not do it…
“I have never seen any of his matches, so I actually do not know. I do not actually know something about him. However I hear he is only a clown, and that is it.”
UFC White Home can be held on June 14th and can be headlined by the light-weight title combat between Ilya Topria and Justin Gaethje.
