{"id":37744,"date":"2026-04-14T20:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Josh-Hokit-opens-as-betting-favorite-vs-Derrick-Lewis-at-UFC-White-House-200841"},"modified":"2026-04-14T20:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:35:06","slug":"josh-hokit-opens-as-betting-favorite-vs-derrick-lewis-at-ufc-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/josh-hokit-opens-as-betting-favorite-vs-derrick-lewis-at-ufc-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hokit opens as betting favorite vs. Derrick Lewis at UFC White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/josh-hokit-opens-as-betting-favorite-vs-derrick-lewis-at-ufc-white-house.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>Josh<br \/>\nHokit is making a name for himself in the UFC. |<br \/>\nGetty\/UFC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Josh-Hokit-433441\">Josh<br \/>\nHokit<\/a>\u2019s most recent performance has earned him some respect in<br \/>\nthe eyes of oddsmakers.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/sportsbook\/martial-arts\/mma\/ufc-freedom-fights-250\">BetOnline.ag<\/a>, Hokit is currently a -300<br \/>\nfavorite against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Derrick-Lewis-59284\">Derrick<br \/>\nLewis<\/a> in their heavyweight clash at the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-White-House-Freedom-250-Topuria-vs-Gaethje-111990\"><br \/>\nUFC White House<\/a> card. Lewis, meanwhile, checks in as a +250<br \/>\nunderdog. The odds are subject to change as the fight<br \/>\napproaches.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Hokit emerged as a star at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-327-Apr-11-111135\">UFC 327<\/a>,<br \/>\nwhere he took a unanimous decision triumph over <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Curtis-Blaydes-172939\">Curtis<br \/>\nBlaydes<\/a> in a \u201cFight of the Year\u201d candidate. \u201cThe Incredible<br \/>\nHok\u201d is 9-0 as a professional \u2014 including three triumphs under the<br \/>\nUFC banner.<\/p>\n<p>The booking against Lewis came together as the UFC 327 card took<br \/>\nplace. UFC CEO Dana White revealed that President Donald Trump, who<br \/>\nwas seated cageside, asked why Lewis wasn\u2019t part of the White House<br \/>\nevent. After Hokit\u2019s standout effort against Blaydes, booking the<br \/>\nupstart prospect against the UFC\u2019s all-time knockout leader was a<br \/>\nrelatively easy decision for promotion officials.<\/p>\n<p> Lewis, a former heavyweight title challenger, had a two-fight<br \/>\nwinning streak snapped in his last outing, when he suffered a<br \/>\nsecond-round TKO defeat to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Waldo-Cortes-Acosta-190909\">Waldo<br \/>\nCortes-Acosta<\/a> at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-324-Jan-24-110614\">UFC<br \/>\n324<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>UFC White House Odds:<\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ilia-Topuria-202445\">Ilia<br \/>\nTopuria<\/a> -800<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Justin-Gaethje-46648\">Justin<br \/>\nGaethje<\/a> +550<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ciryl-Gane-293973\">Ciryl<br \/>\nGane<\/a> -110<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alex-Pereira-224511\">Alex<br \/>\nPereira<\/a> -110<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Aiemann-Zahabi-121009\">Aiemann<br \/>\nZahabi<\/a> +345<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Sean-O'Malley-135099\">Sean<br \/>\nO&#8217;Malley<\/a> -415<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Michael-Chandler-50829\">Michael<br \/>\nChandler<\/a> +450<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Mauricio-Ruffy-192545\">Mauricio<br \/>\nRuffy<\/a> -600<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Kyle-Daukaus-83350\">Kyle<br \/>\nDaukaus<\/a> +240<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Bo-Nickal-392031\">Bo<br \/>\nNickal<\/a> -280<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Steve-Garcia-50916\">Steve<br \/>\nGarcia<\/a> +160<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Diego-Lopes-112531\">Diego<br \/>\nLopes<\/a> -185<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Josh-Hokit-433441\">Josh<br \/>\nHokit<\/a> -300<br \/><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Derrick-Lewis-59284\">Derrick<br \/>\nLewis<\/a> +250 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Hokit is making a name for himself in the UFC. | Getty\/UFC Josh Hokit\u2019s most recent performance has earned him some respect in the eyes of oddsmakers. According to BetOnline.ag, Hokit is currently a -300 favorite against Derrick Lewis in their heavyweight clash at the UFC White House card. Lewis, meanwhile, checks in as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}