Josh Hokit (9-0) has had another altercation, this time almost coming to blows with Paulo Costa at the Prudential Center in Newark, which came after Hokit was removed from the UFC White House presser 24 hours before, after an altercation with Ilia Topuria.
The two fighters were in attendance at UFC 328, as Sean Strickland defeated Khamzat Chimaev by split decision to become the new UFC middleweight champion. Footage that has since gone viral shows Costa walking up to Hokit in the crowd, getting directly in his face and pointing his finger at him before security stepped in to separate the two: “There is only one bad guy. There is only one bad guy. Get out of here,” Hokit said
While Hokit is locked in for his next fight against Derrick Lewis on June 14 at UFC Freedom 250, he has to make sure his conduct outside the octagon does not hamper his preparations.