UPDATE — 6/15/25, 9:53 a.m. ET: UFC CEO Dana White responded after fighter Josh Hokit received major backlash for calling former first lady Michelle Obama “a man” during his post-fight interview at UFC Freedom 250.
“I understand that the Obama’s [sic] are public figures but I’m completely against saying nasty and false things about people’s families,” White, 56, said in a text message to Time magazine on Monday, June 15. “Everyone knows my position on free speech but I hate that kind of nonsense.”
Hokit, 28, made the incendiary comment after defeating Derrick Lewis at the...
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