{"id":318716,"date":"2026-04-14T23:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=318716"},"modified":"2026-04-14T23:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:31:33","slug":"josh-hokit-cracks-the-highest-five-as-two-other-ufc-327-stars-earn-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/josh-hokit-cracks-the-highest-five-as-two-other-ufc-327-stars-earn-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hokit cracks the highest five as two other UFC 327 stars earn rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Three previously unranked fighters have been rewarded for winning at UFC 327. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Josh Hokit beat Curtis Blaydes in a Fight of the 12 months contender on Saturday night. <\/p>\n

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On Tuesday, the divisive 9-0 prospect became a top-five-ranked UFC heavyweight contender.<\/p>\n

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Josh Hokit is widely thought to be certainly one of the cringiest fighters on the roster, but what do you think that of him?\ud83d\ude2c<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Paulo Costa & Aaron Pico are ranked after UFC 327 <\/h2>\n

Josh Hokit displaced Curtis Blaydes, who now shares the #6 spot with Serghei Spivac. <\/p>\n

Valter Walker departs the highest 15 to make way for the 28-year-old former NFL star. <\/p>\n

There may be one other recent arrival in the sunshine heavyweight rankings following UFC 327. <\/p>\n

Paulo Costa knocked out 16-0 Azamat Murzakanov in his divisional debut this past weekend. <\/p>\n

Jiri Prochazka falls to #3, and Murzakanov tumbles to eighth on the list of 205lb UFC fighters. <\/p>\n

The previous middleweight title challenger\u2019s reward is the #7 spot within the 205lb rankings. <\/p>\n

Finally, Aaron Pico has entered the featherweight top 15 after earning his first UFC win. <\/p>\n

A victory over Patricio Freire sees Pico claim the #13 spot after getting viciously knocked out by Lerone Murphy in his UFC debut last August.<\/p>\n

\u2018Pitbull\u2019 drops all the way down to #15, and Josh Emmett falls out of the highest 15 altogether after UFC 327. <\/p>\n

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Josh Hokit is widely thought to be certainly one of the cringiest fighters on the roster, but what do you think that of him?\ud83d\ude2c<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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When is Josh Hokit\u2019s next fight?<\/h2>\n

Josh Hokit booked his next fight while being carted off to the hospital following UFC 327.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Incredible Hok\u2019 will face Derrick Lewis on the UFC White House event on June 14. <\/p>\n

Dana White revealed how Hokit vs. Lewis got here together throughout the live UFC 327 broadcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo about an hour ago, the president[ Donald Trump] leaned over to me and said, \u2018Why isn\u2019t Derrick Lewis on the White House card?\u2019 And I said, \u2018Hold on a second, Mr President.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI stepped away and called Derrick Lewis and said, \u2018Derrick, the President just asked me why you\u2019re not on the cardboard, do you wanna fight on the White House card?\u2019 He said, \u2018In fact, I do.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThen the Hokit fight plays out, and Joe Rogan says, \u2018Is there still room on the White House card?\u2019 I went back and talked to him. Hokit vs. Derrick Lewis was just added to the White House card within the last 10 minutes. President Trump built half the fight, Joe Rogan built the opposite.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach guys have accepted and agreed to fight, so we\u2019re adding one.\u201d <\/p>\n

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