Josh Hokit makes controversial remark after UFC Freedom 250 victory

Josh Hokit used his post-fight victory speech at UFC White House to call Michelle Obama a man. Seems like a huge waste of air time considering how many people were streaming the “Freedom 250” event. Hokit had an opportunity to say (or better yet promote) anything in the world and the best that imbecile could […]

Josh Hokit is making waves in the UFC’s heavyweight division, but some of his recent post-fight remarks aren’t scoring him any points with promotion officials.

Josh Hokit said something very offensive about Michelle Obama after a UFC White House fight at Freedom 250.

Josh Hokit dominated and finished Derrick Lewis at UFC White House on Sunday night and decided to attack Michelle Obama in his post-fight interview, and UFC CEO Dana White said he wasn’t pleased with it. Hokit started off his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan by aiming at Alex Pereira, who later that night would face off with Ciryl Gane for the vacant interim heavyweight title. And immediately after that, he aimed at the former First Lady, “Lastly, Michele Obama is a man,” Hokit said. “Am I right, America?” White House UFC fighter Josh Hokit just said: “Michelle Obama is a man… am I right America?” How are you enjoying Trump’s USA? 💁🏻‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/F0BjsB4tWP — Morgan J. Freeman (@mjfree) June 15, 2026 Dana White wasn’t asked about that quote during the post-fight press conference, but commented on it via text message to TIME. “I understand that the Obama’s are public figures but I’m completely against saying nasty and false things about people’s families,” White wrote. “Everyone knows my position on free speech but I hate that kind of nonsense.” This is not the first time Hokit has used a post-fight interview to attack Michelle Obama. However, saying those words on a LFA event doesn’t get the same repercussion of commenting about Michelle Obama on a UFC event that is held on the south lawn of the White House with president Donald Trump sitting octagon side. Hokit’s comments drew negative feedback in the political world, too with Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury calling it “disgusting.” “Ok, so let me get this straight,” Stansbury wrote on social media. “The dude who puked on himself live on TV during his weigh in, is hurling insults at the former First Lady now? Disgusting. Welcome to the Trump Administration.” Ok, so let me get this straight…the dude who puked on himself live on tv during his weigh in, is hurling insults at the former First Lady now? Disgusting. Welcome to the Trump Administration. — Rep. Melanie Stansbury (@Rep_Stansbury) June 15, 2026 So is this the kind of trash we can expect from @paramountplus (and @cbs) now? https://t.co/yWnVjgelm0 — Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) June 15, 2026 Asked for comment about UFC Fighter Josh Hokit saying “Michelle Obama is a man” in his post fight interview, WH spokesman Steven Cheung said “He had a great win last night. He showed toughness and the ability to pressure his opponent both on his feet and on the ground.” — Jake Tapper 🦅 (@jaketapper) June 15, 2026

The false conspiracy theory made it all the way to the South Lawn.

UFC fighter Josh Hokit was slapped with a huge wave of backlash after he called former First Lady Michelle Obama a man after his match at President Trump's White House fight night.

In a shocking attack, UFC heavyweight fighter Josh Hokit blurted out a shocking slur directed at former first lady Michelle Obama moments after winning a heavyweight bout at the UFC Freedom 250 held at the White House on Sunday night.

On Sunday night, UFC star Josh Hokit secured a high-profile victory over Derrick Lewis at the UFC Freedom 250 event held on the White House’s South Lawn to celebrate the United States’ 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday. However, following the victory, he went viral for all the wrong reasons. During his post-match…

Josh Hokit made the surprising comment in a post-match interview with Joe Rogan.