Josh Hokit says Sean O’Malley missed ‘set up’ at UFC White House presser

Josh
Hokit claims Sean
O’Malley missed an opportunity that he had set up for
“Suga.”

Hokit and O’Malley are both a part of
UFC Freedom 250 scheduled for June 14 at the White House. Hokit
and O’Malley recently shared the dais during a UFC Freedom 250
pre-fight press conference at the Prudential Center in Newark, New
Jersey. 

Hokit, who is playing the
UFC ’s latest heel, targeted Derrick
Lewis and Alex
Pereira at the press conference. Ilia
Topuria stood up in Pereira’s defense and ended up having a
back-and-forth with Hokit, who was then escorted out of the media
event. Meanwhile, O’Malley sat through it all unfazed right between
Hokit and Topuria. 

Missed Opportunity

Hokit claims he had set up a perfect opportunity for O’Malley to
plot a future matchup against Topuria. However, Hokit accuses the
fellow American of missing the opportunity by playing “too cool.”
“The Incredible Hok” hopes O’Malley doesn’t regret the missed
opportunity.

“Imagine having the opportunity of a lifetime, set up by me
perfectly to back your fellow American and call your shot but the
moment passes you by because you are simply ‘too cool’ … we’ll all
be on our death bed one day… hopefully he doesn’t regret that…”

While Hokit (9-0) is scheduled to fight Lewis (29-13) in a
heavyweight matchup at UFC Freedom 250, O’Malley (19-3) takes on
Aiemann
Zahabi (14-2) in a bantamweight tilt on the same card.
Meanwhile, Topuria (17-0) puts his lightweight title on the line
against interim champion Justin
Gaethje (27-5) in the main event. O’Malley was not asked a
single question at the recent press conference. 

While O’Malley was trading barbs with Topuria when “El Matador” was
the featherweight champion, the chance of a matchup between them
has diminished since the undefeated Georgian-Spaniard moved up to
lightweight.