UFC Freedom 250, held in the shadow of the White House and attended by President Donald J. Trump, was called “the greatest night of fights of all time” by Joe Rogan, who provided ringside commentary on the event.
“That was the wildest experience that I’ve ever had in my 20-whatever years of calling combat sports. There’s nothing even close. Nothing even close,” Rogan said on his popular podcast. “It was the greatest night of fights of all time and it was the only night in the history of the sport where every single fight ended by knockout. Every single one, seven fights. Every one of them ended by knockout, which never happens. Unprecedented. It was like the perfect experience for anybody that had never watched the UFC before, to see it that way at the White House like that, it was nuts.”
The spectacle of the event was as grand as America’s 250th anniversary, marked with the flyover of all flyovers, leaving Trump-hating Democrats in the unenviable position of condemning a tremendous celebration of American patriotism. The one incident pounced on by those eager to criticize was when UFC fighter Josh Hokit declared during his post-fight interview, “And lastly, Michelle Obama is a man! Am I right, America?”
LMAO! After winning his match on the White House lawn, UFC fighter Josh Hokit declares:
“MICHELLE OBAMA IS A MAN!”
“Am I right America??!”
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— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 15, 2026
Hokit was essentially trolling the left, but his remark was widely condemned, with even UFC President Dana White calling it “nonsense,” saying he was “completely against saying nasty and false things about people’s families.”
On Thursday, an Instagram account that warns followers not to “take us too seriously” posted what it claimed to be an apology from Hokit.
The post included a photo of Hokit and Michelle Obama smiling at each other, along with the caption, “I spoke with former first lady Michelle Obama to apologize for my distasteful comments following my win. I have pledged $50,000 of my earnings to the Obama Foundation. I will be an active spokesman for Black Women in America.”
The fighter shared that post on his Instagram Story, BUT he added the term “Cap” at the top, as seen on the screenshot below:
The term “cap” is slang for someone calling out a statement as false — prompting some to suggest that Hokit was trolling critics yet again!
Not one to mince his words, a social media user shared Hokit’s actual response to all the “controversy,” as seen here: “No outrage when you say ‘Melania Trump is an escort’ no outrage when you say ‘Charlie Kirk brought his death upon himself’ or ‘Charlie Kirk deserved to die’ so KISS MY ASS, EVERYONE!!”
100% fake!!!! His real response : https://t.co/gKkxEwPQPV
— RJ (@swctrader311) June 17, 2026
