{"id":2380,"date":"2026-06-24T06:36:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T06:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2380"},"modified":"2026-06-24T06:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T06:36:35","slug":"ufc-fighter-josh-hokit-says-calling-michelle-obama-a-man-was-meant-to-be-a-compliment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2380","title":{"rendered":"UFC Fighter Josh Hokit Says Calling Michelle Obama a \u201cMan\u201d Was Meant to Be a \u201cCompliment\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nUFC fighter Josh Hokit says he didn\u2019t intend his \u201cMichelle Obama is a man\u201d comment to be an insult. In fact, he claims, it was meant to be a \u201ccompliment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2378\">Karlovy Vary to Fete Double Anniversary With Biggest Czech Drone Show Ever and NobodyListen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI thought I was giving her a compliment,\u201d he said in an appearance on <em>The Ariel Helwani Show.\u00a0<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWhen Helwani expressed skepticism, and began saying he didn\u2019t think anyone viewed it as a compliment, Hokit continued: \u201cMichelle Obama being a man. It\u2019s like, she knows how to deal with adversity. She knows how to work hard like a man when the times get tough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHelwani asked Hokit why that was the thought that popped into his head at the time, which came during an interview with Joe Rogan after Hokit won his bout at the UFC Freedom 250 event held June 14 on the White House lawn.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2376\">Late One Direction Singer Liam Payne\u2019s $29M Estate Will Go to His Son<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI thought it was a perfect opportunity to show the world how great this country is with freedom of speech,\u201d Hokit responded. \u201cYou go somewhere [else in the world] and you say something like that and you die. And I\u2019m not suicidal by the way. I\u2019m in good spirits. I\u2019m a little under the weather right now but other that than, I\u2019m good. And so in other parts of the world, you say something like that and you\u2019re not here to speak to Ariel Helwani, you know. So yeah, I don\u2019t know there\u2019s a ways \u2014 there\u2019s a few answers to that. There\u2019s a certain side that pokes at another side and there\u2019s no outrage there and so I thought it was a perfect time to take a jab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAsked if he regretted the comment, Hokit said: \u201cThat\u2019s one thing about my career. \u2026 You\u2019ll never hear me backtrack from what I say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHokit fought fellow heavyweight Derrick Lewis in the White House event and won.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAmong those slamming Hokit\u2019s comments were UFC president and CEO Dana White, who told <em>The Los Angeles Times<\/em> that he is \u201ccompletely against saying nasty and false things about people\u2019s families.\u201d He added: \u201cEveryone knows my position on free speech but I hate that kind of nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2374\">\u2018The American Experiment\u2019 Review: Netflix\u2019s Tom Hanks-Produced Doc Featuring Hillary Clinton and Mike Pence Inspires and Irritates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tWatch his appearance on Helwani\u2019s show below. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC fighter Josh Hokit says he didn&#8217;t intend his &quot;Michelle Obama is a man&quot; comment as an insult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[714,125,1056],"class_list":["post-2380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-michelle-obama","tag-politics","tag-ufc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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