{"id":39094,"date":"2026-07-02T04:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/UFC-heavyweight-vows-to-break-Josh-Hokits-foot-if-they-fight-201722"},"modified":"2026-07-02T04:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:00:31","slug":"ufc-heavyweight-vows-to-break-josh-hokits-foot-if-they-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ufc-heavyweight-vows-to-break-josh-hokits-foot-if-they-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC heavyweight vows to break Josh Hokit\u2019s foot if they fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ufc-heavyweight-vows-to-break-josh-hokits-foot-if-they-fight.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Valter-Walker-376023\">Valter<br \/>\nWalker<\/a> has <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Rousimar-Palhares-16286\">Rousimar<br \/>\nPalhares<\/a>-esque plans for <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Josh-Hokit-433441\">Josh<br \/>\nHokit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hokit\u2019s rapid rise to stardom in the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> has been fueled by his brazen<br \/>\ntrash talk that has fans divided. Walker recently noted that the<br \/>\nAmerican heavyweight had insulted his home country of Brazil ahead<br \/>\nof his <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Dana-Whites-Contender-Series-12411\"><br \/>\nDana White\u2019s Contender Series<\/a> fight against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Guilherme-Uriel-402490\">Guilherme<br \/>\nUriel<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Walker believes he will eventually cross paths with Hokit inside<br \/>\nthe Octagon. Known for his heel hook submissions, the Brazilian is<br \/>\nconfident that he will catch \u201cThe Incredible Hok\u201d with one.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he claims he doesn\u2019t want to let go even if Hokit<br \/>\ntaps. Walker wants to send the American to surgery for a broken<br \/>\nfoot. However, he might have to reconsider if doesn\u2019t want to get<br \/>\nbanned forever like Palhares, who was notorious for holding on to<br \/>\nleglocks far too long.<\/p>\n<p> Walker told Home of Fight: \u201cThis guy is no problem for me. This<br \/>\nguy, Josh Hokit, I can break his leg. But please, when he taps, I<br \/>\ndon\u2019t gonna let him go. I\u2019m going to send him to surgery, brother.<br \/>\nIf I take his leg and he taps, I don\u2019t gonna let him go. He talked<br \/>\nshit about my country. He talked shit about Brazilian people.<br \/>\nBefore, when my leg was broken, he called my name on the<br \/>\nmicrophone. But step by step, one day, we are gonna meet in the<br \/>\nOctagon. This is all what matters. One day, his foot is gonna be<br \/>\nmine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hokit (10-0) has defeated <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Curtis-Blaydes-172939\">Curtis<br \/>\nBlaydes<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Derrick-Lewis-59284\">Derrick<br \/>\nLewis<\/a> in his last two bouts to make his way into the top tier<br \/>\nof the division. Meanwhile, Walker (15-1) has finished all four of<br \/>\nhis UFC wins via heel hooks since suffering his lone professional<br \/>\nloss in his UFC debut in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Walker is now scheduled to fight <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Thomas-Petersen-287525\">Thomas<br \/>\nPetersen<\/a> (11-4) at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-282-Ankalaev-vs-Rountree-112908\"><br \/>\nUFC Abu Dhabi<\/a> on July 25 at Etihad Arena.<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"4.8264462809917\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.066115702479\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude24 \ud83d\udca5<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Valter-Walker-376023\">Valter<br \/>\nWalker<\/a> minced no words after <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Josh-Hokit-433441\">Josh Hokit<\/a><br \/>\ntook aim at his country, and promised to make him an example.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis f*cker <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Josh-Hokit-433441\">Josh Hokit<\/a>,<br \/>\nI\u2019m going to make sure I break his leg.<\/p>\n<p>After what he said about my country, even if he raps when I take<br \/>\nhis leg, I\u2019m not gonna let go.\u201d\u2026 <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R5wtJsfaCW\">pic.twitter.com\/R5wtJsfaCW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Home_of_Fight\/status\/2072133756354187726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nJuly 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valter Walker has Rousimar Palhares-esque plans for Josh Hokit. Hokit\u2019s rapid rise to stardom in the Ultimate Fighting Championship has been fueled by his brazen trash talk that has fans divided. Walker recently noted that the American heavyweight had insulted his home country of Brazil ahead of his Dana White\u2019s Contender Series fight against Guilherme [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39094","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\/39094","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=39094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}