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\nHealth permitting, Josh Hokit has earned himself a spot at the
\nUFC White House event. | Getty\/UFC<\/b><\/p>\n
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At the request of President Donald Trump, the UFC CEO Dana White announced on Saturday that Derrick Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Just prior to the announcement, Hokit had emerged from a “What’s crazy is, organically, about an hour before [Hokit vs. “Then, the Hokit fight happens. I have the head phones on and Joe Hokit was taken to a nearby hospital immediately following his Lewis, meanwhile, is the UFC\u2019s all-time knockout leader with 16. June 14th just got a jolt pic.twitter.com\/OYnRBLfvcx<\/a><\/p>\n
\nUFC White House<\/a> card will have one more fight than originally
\nanticipated.<\/p>\n
\nLewis<\/a> will square off against Josh Hokit<\/a>
\nat the June 14 event. UFC White House takes place on the South Lawn
\nin Washington, D.C., and is headlined by a lightweight title tilt
\npitting Ilia
\nTopuria<\/a> against Justin
\nGaethje<\/a>. In the co-main event, Alex
\nPereira<\/a> and Ciryl Gane<\/a>
\nwill vie for the interim heavyweight belt.<\/p>\n
\nthree-round war against Curtis
\nBlaydes<\/a> at UFC 327<\/a>
\nwith a unanimous decision triumph. \u201cThe Incredible Hok\u201d is 9-0 as a
\nprofessional \u2014 including three triumphs in the
\nUFC<\/a>. Blaydes was by far the most significant victory of Hokit\u2019s
\ncareer to date, and the bout also stands out as a potential \u201cFight
\nof the Year\u201d contender for 2026.<\/p>\nHow It All Came Together<\/h2>\n
\nBlaydes], the president said to me, ‘Why is Derrick Lewis not on
\nthe White House card?'” White said at the UFC 327 post-fight press
\nconference. “I said I’ll be back in five minutes. I went and called
\nDerrick Lewis. I said, ‘The president wants to know why you’re not
\non the White House card.’<\/p>\n
\nRogan goes, ‘Is there another slot open on the White House card for
\nHokit?’ I go,’ Holy s\u2014t.\u2019 I grab Mick and say, ‘Go back there and
\ntalk and see if he’s in. Hokit was getting into an ambulance and
\nsays yes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nvictory over Blaydes. His potential availability for the UFC White
\nHouse card will become more clear in the coming days.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe Black Beast\u201d last appeared at UFC 324, where he had a two-bout
\nwinning streak snapped in a second-round TKO defeat against
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\nWaldo Cortes-Acosta<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n