{"id":39104,"date":"2026-07-01T10:08:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Heavyweight-contender-calls-for-UFC-to-cut-Tom-Aspinall-slams-Alex-Pereira-201717"},"modified":"2026-07-01T10:08:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:08:38","slug":"heavyweight-contender-calls-for-ufc-to-cut-tom-aspinall-slams-alex-pereira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/heavyweight-contender-calls-for-ufc-to-cut-tom-aspinall-slams-alex-pereira\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavyweight contender calls for UFC to cut Tom Aspinall, slams Alex Pereira"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Josh
\nHokit<\/a> is trying to set himself up for a heavyweight title shot
\nin the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Heavyweight king Tom
\nAspinall<\/a> has been sidelined due to an eye injury suffered in
\nhis first title defense against Ciryl Gane<\/a>
\nlast October, which ended in a no contest. Gane then won the
\ninterim title with his technical knockout victory over Alex
\nPereira<\/a> at
\nUFC Freedom 250<\/a>, and Hokit has now addressed all the
\naforementioned heavyweights.<\/p>\n

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Gane\u2019s win over Pereira wasn\u2019t without controversy, as yet another
\nfoul from the Frenchman became a talking point in the aftermath.
\n\u201cPoatan\u201d alleges strikes to the back of his head played a key role
\nin the finishing sequence and has since repeatedly berated veteran
\nreferee Herb Dean<\/a> for
\nhis handling of the situation.<\/p>\n

Hokit has now taken to social media to mock Pereira\u2019s complaints.
\nHe also recommended that the UFC cut Aspinall from the roster. The
\nunbeaten heavyweight believes Gane made Aspinall quit and that he
\nshould be considered the undisputed heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n

Josh Hokit\u2019s comments on Tom Aspinall and Alex
\nPereira<\/a> shake up UFC heavyweight division<\/h2>\n

Furthermore, Hokit stated his willingness to fight Gane in
\nSeptember and claimed that he would be willing to give Pereira a
\ntitle shot right after.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis crybaby has lost all of his aura. Here’s an idea @ufc. Cut
\nTom. Ciryl is the undisputed champ anyways IMO. He made Tom quit.
\nTom’s manager is trying to play games. Give me Ciryl in September
\nand when I win I will give @AlexPereiraUFC a chance to get his
\nself-esteem back in Nov\/Dec. At least then we will have a champ
\nthat is down to fight all of the time,\u201d Hokit wrote on X.<\/p>\n

While Hokit (10-0) only has four UFC wins, he has quickly risen to
\nstardom with his multiple characters and polarizing trash talk. He
\nstopped Derrick
\nLewis<\/a> on the same card as Gane\u2019s triumph over Pereira.<\/p>\n

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\n

This crybaby has lost all of his aura.
Here’s an idea @ufc<\/a> . Cut Tom. Ciryl
\nis the undisputed champ anyways IMO. He made Tom quit. Tom’s
\nmanager is trying to play games.
Give me Ciryl in September and when I win I will give @AlexPereiraUFC<\/a>
\na chance to get his self esteem back\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/QvV3ZudD7X<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Incredible Hok (@Josh_HokitUFC)
\nJune 30, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Josh Hokit is trying to set himself up for a heavyweight title shot in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Heavyweight king Tom Aspinall has been sidelined due to an eye injury suffered in his first title defense against Ciryl Gane last October, which ended in a no contest. Gane then won the interim title with his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39104","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\/39104","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=39104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}