{"id":37847,"date":"2026-04-21T16:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Paulo-Costa-willing-to-move-to-heavyweight-face-Josh-Hokit-at-UFC-White-House-200914"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:43:14","slug":"paulo-costa-willing-to-move-to-heavyweight-face-josh-hokit-at-ufc-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/paulo-costa-willing-to-move-to-heavyweight-face-josh-hokit-at-ufc-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Paulo Costa willing to move to heavyweight, face Josh Hokit at UFC White House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Paulo
\nCosta<\/a> is ready to move up to heavyweight to fight Josh
\nHokit<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Josh
\nHokit<\/a> is currently scheduled to fight Derrick
\nLewis<\/a> on June 14 at the White House. However, Costa claims he
\nhas informed the UFC that he is ready to fight Hokit at the White
\nHouse if Lewis pulls out of the fight.<\/p>\n

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I just let ufc knows if Derek Lewis gets out
\nhis fight for some reason I will step in at White House as
\nheavyweight . No bullshit , ain\u2019t lying.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Paulo
\nCosta<\/a> (@BorrachinhaMMA)
\nApril 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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While Costa has only fought at middleweight and light heavyweight
\nso far, \u201cBorrachinha\u201d believes he weigh in heavier than Hokit
\nwithout having to cut any weight. Considering Lewis was booked for
\nthe White House at President Donald Trump\u2019s behest, Costa suggests
\nthat \u201cThe Black Beast\u201d be matched up with someone else.<\/p>\n

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Right now, I think practically all the fans
\nwould like to see how I, who was perhaps the biggest middleweight
\nin history, would fare against Hokit in the Heavyweight division
\nwithout cutting any weight at the White House. wouldn’t be
\nsurprised if I came in heavier than him. If\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Paulo
\nCosta<\/a> (@BorrachinhaMMA)
\nApril 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Costa also wants a chance to earn a bonus, which he thinks he
\noriginally deserved for his last fight. Costa finished a previously
\nundefeated Azamat
\nMurzakanov<\/a> at UFC 327 earlier this month. Meanwhile, Hokit
\nearned a unanimous decision win in a nail-biting bloodbath against
\nCurtis
\nBlaydes<\/a> on the same card. While Costa missed out on a bonus,
\nHokit won two \u2013 \u201cFight of the Night\u201d and \u201cPerformance of the Night\u201d
\n\u2013 walking home with an extra $200,000. Costa has since expressed
\nhis disappointment with the bonus snub and wants a chance to earn a
\nbonus against Hokit.<\/p>\n

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\n

Plus I get my 100k back<\/p>\n

\u2014 Paulo
\nCosta<\/a> (@BorrachinhaMMA)
\nApril 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Hokit (9-0) also expressed interest in fighting Costa (16-4), also
\ncalling for the BMF title to be put on the line. \u201cThe Incredible
\nHok\u201d wrote in response to Costa\u2019s callout:<\/p>\n

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\n

I will bring the BMF belt back to where it
\nbelongs\u2026 155 pounders can\u2019t be the BMF because they are simply too
\nsmall\u2026 BMF belongs in the heavyweight\/open division\u2026 THE BADDEST
\nMAN ON THE PLANET!!! https:\/\/t.co\/cAG2nIz7Wz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Incredible Hok (@Josh_HokitUFC)
\nApril 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Paulo Costa is ready to move up to heavyweight to fight Josh Hokit.  Josh Hokit is currently scheduled to fight Derrick Lewis on June 14 at the White House. However, Costa claims he has informed the UFC that he is ready to fight Hokit at the White House if Lewis pulls out of the fight. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37847","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\/37847","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=37847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}