{"id":41439,"date":"2026-11-04T03:47:42","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T03:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Hes-not-here-Josh-Hokit-calls-out-Gable-Stevesons-JacksonWink-ties-203486"},"modified":"2026-11-04T03:47:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T03:47:42","slug":"hes-not-here-josh-hokit-calls-out-gable-stevesons-jackson-wink-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/hes-not-here-josh-hokit-calls-out-gable-stevesons-jackson-wink-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;He&#8217;s not here&#8217;: Josh Hokit calls out Gable Steveson\u2019s Jackson-Wink ties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/hes-not-here-josh-hokit-calls-out-gable-stevesons-jackson-wink-ties.jpg\" 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> questions <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Gable-Steveson-483540\">Gable<br \/>\nSteveson<\/a>\u2019s training environment.<\/p>\n<p>Hokit trains out of <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/stats\/fightfinder?association=Jackson-Wink%20MMA\"><br \/>\nJackson-Wink MMA<\/a> in Albuquerque, New Mexico. While Steveson is<br \/>\nalso associated with the renowned gym, Hokit claims the Olympian<br \/>\nnever trains there. According to Hokit, Steveson had the chance to<br \/>\ntrain with him at the gym but hasn\u2019t shown up.<\/p>\n<h2>Josh Hokit slams Gable Steveson for claiming Jackson-Wink<br \/>\nassociation<\/h2>\n<p>Hokit has now slammed Steveson for claiming to train at<br \/>\nJackson-Wink while actually privately training with <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jon-Jones-27944\">Jon Jones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe claims it, he\u2019s not here,\u201d Hokit told <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jorge-Masvidal-7688\">Jorge<br \/>\nMasvidal<\/a>. \u201cI gave him a chance to be here and train with me,<br \/>\nbut he ain\u2019t here. He\u2019s doing his own thing with Jon Jones and he\u2019s<br \/>\ngot stretch marks around his mouth. My team is close-knit. He\u2019s not<br \/>\nhere at Jackson-Wink. That\u2019s why I don\u2019t play tic-tac-toe. Cause I<br \/>\ndon\u2019t want squares around my circle. And if he\u2019s not a part of my<br \/>\ncircle, motherf**ker\u2019s a square then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jones was banned from Jackson-Wink MMA in 2021 after yet another<br \/>\nrun-in with law enforcement. While Steveson trained at Jackson-Wink<br \/>\nat the time, he didn\u2019t show up for group classes ahead of his last<br \/>\nbout.<\/p>\n<p>Steveson was a massive favorite going into his last fight against<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Sean-Sharaf-344701\">Sean<br \/>\nSharaf<\/a> at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-331-Van-vs-Pantoja-113633\">UFC<br \/>\n331<\/a> this past September. However, Sharaf knocked Steveson out<br \/>\ncold in 12 seconds in a monumental upset. Meanwhile, Hokit is<br \/>\nscheduled to challenge <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ciryl-Gane-293973\">Ciryl Gane<\/a><br \/>\nfor the heavyweight title at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-334-Gane-vs-Hokit-114293\">UFC<br \/>\n334<\/a> on Nov. 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York.<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"1.7074626865672\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.9761194029851\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Josh-Hokit-433441\">Josh Hokit<\/a><br \/>\nwent off on <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Gable-Steveson-483540\">Gable<br \/>\nSteveson<\/a> when asked if Gable trained with him at Jackson-Wink<br \/>\n\u201cI gave him a chance to be here and train with me but he ain\u2019t<br \/>\nhere. He\u2019s doing his own thing with <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jon-Jones-27944\">Jon Jones<\/a> and<br \/>\nhe\u2019s got stretch marks around his mouth\u201d \ud83d\ude2c<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/t.co\/F6gDC7jTZa<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FULL SEND MMA (@full_send_mma) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/full_send_mma\/status\/2117792540892217813?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nNovember 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Hokit questions Gable Steveson\u2019s training environment. Hokit trains out of Jackson-Wink MMA in Albuquerque, New Mexico. While Steveson is also associated with the renowned gym, Hokit claims the Olympian never trains there. According to Hokit, Steveson had the chance to train with him at the gym but hasn\u2019t shown up. Josh Hokit slams Gable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41439","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\/41439","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=41439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}