UFC CEO Dana White slams comments by fighter who called Michelle Obama a ‘man’
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UFC President and CEO Dana White denounced comments made by one of his fighters calling former First Lady Michelle Obama a man during the UFC Freedom 250 at the White House.
Heavyweight champ Josh Hokit, 28, made the hateful, unprompted remarks during a post-match interview with podcaster Joe Rogan, yelling out, “Michelle Obama is a man, am I right, America?” after winning his fight on the South Lawn.
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While nothing was said to push back against Hokit in the moment, he has since faced backlash from both Republicans and Democrats— as well as from the UFC boss, who said he hates “that kind of nonsense.”
“I understand that the Obama’s are public figures but I’m completely against saying nasty and false things about people’s families,” White told TIME in a text message. “Everyone knows my position on free speech but I hate that kind of nonsense.”
The White House has not publicly commented on Hokit’s remarks, and it was not immediately clear if the fighter faced any consequences over his words. The Independent has contacted the White House and UFC for comment.
UFC CEO Dana White (right) spoke out against comments made by fighter Josh Hokit after winning the heavyweight title during Sunday’s Freedom 250 event at the White House (Getty)Hokit’s remarks drew widespread backlash, even from supporters of President Donald Trump, who have gone out of their way to defend the lavish UFC bash, which cost approximately $60 million to put on at the White House this weekend.
“The fighter yelling ‘Michelle Obama is a man,’ at an official White House event to honor America is utterly unacceptable and the administration should [denounce] it in no uncertain terms,” Fox News columnist David Marcus wrote on X.
“I’ve defended the administration’s America 250 plans, because I trusted they really would be non partisan, really would bring us together. But I was wrong. And it sucks,” he wrote in a follow-up post.
Liberal political commentator Harry Sisson wrote: “One of Trump’s UFC fighters just screamed ‘Michelle Obama is a man’ at the White House. Just incredibly gross. F*** Trump and this corrupt event.”
Congressman Christian Menefee, a Democrat from Texas, called out the racist remarks.
“They really let a UFC fighter call our only Black First Lady a man on the White House lawn at an official White House event … while thousands cheered and the biggest podcaster in the world smiled. There is no economic policy fix for this. Many of these people are just racist,” he said.
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