{"id":38179,"date":"2026-05-10T17:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T17:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Josh-Hokit-Paulo-Costa-have-altercation-at-UFC-328-201127"},"modified":"2026-05-10T17:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T17:38:10","slug":"josh-hokit-paulo-costa-have-altercation-at-ufc-328","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/josh-hokit-paulo-costa-have-altercation-at-ufc-328\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hokit, Paulo Costa have altercation at UFC 328"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/josh-hokit-paulo-costa-have-altercation-at-ufc-328.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Josh-Hokit-433441\">Josh<br \/>\nHokit<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Paulo-Costa-147165\">Paulo Costa<\/a><br \/>\nhave seemingly not buried the hatchet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hokit (9-0) and Costa (16-4) were both in attendance at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-328-May-9-111957\">UFC 328<\/a><br \/>\non Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Things<br \/>\ngot heated between the two as they came head-to-head. However,<br \/>\nsecurity personnel intervened before things could<br \/>\nescalate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hokit has been attracting the attention of many, including Costa,<br \/>\nwith his unabashed trash talk. Both fighters fought on the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-327-Apr-11-111135\">UFC 327<\/a><br \/>\ncard last month. While Hokit defeated <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Curtis-Blaydes-172939\">Curtis<br \/>\nBlaydes<\/a> in the \u201cFight of the Night,\u201d Costa handed <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Azamat-Murzakanov-60203\">Azamat<br \/>\nMurzakanov<\/a> his first professional loss. Hokit was immediately<br \/>\nbooked against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Derrick-Lewis-59284\">Derrick<br \/>\nLewis<\/a> for <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> on June 14.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, Costa subsequently offered to replace Lewis against Hokit.<br \/>\nHokit and Lewis appeared to have briefly resolved their beef as<br \/>\nthey shared a laugh over an Instagram post. While the rivalry has<br \/>\nseemingly not settled, it doesn\u2019t seem there are any serious hard<br \/>\nfeelings between the two.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Hokit, Costa Separated at UFC 328<\/h2>\n<p><center readability=\"0.58156028368794\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"2.9078014184397\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Things getting HEATED between <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Paulo-Costa-147165\">Paulo Costa<\/a><br \/>\nand <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Josh-Hokit-433441\">Josh<br \/>\nHokit<\/a> \ud83d\ude33 <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1A1YkojkIf\">pic.twitter.com\/1A1YkojkIf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFConParamount\/status\/2053284828628332592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nMay 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Hokit and Paulo Costa have seemingly not buried the hatchet.&nbsp; Hokit (9-0) and Costa (16-4) were both in attendance at UFC 328 on Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Things got heated between the two as they came head-to-head. However, security personnel intervened before things could escalate.&nbsp; Hokit has been attracting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38179","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\/38179","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=38179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}