Josh Hokit had little trouble remaining undefeated after dominating and finishing Derrick Lewis at UFC White House on Sunday.
The always outspoken heavyweight was on the attack from the jump, taking Lewis down and brutalizing him on the ground. In the second round, Hokit was just toying with Lewis, constantly battering him with overhand rights that were landing at will.
Finally, Hokit put together a great combination that just put Lewis down and the assault continued until the referee saved Lewis from further harm with the fight ending at 4:09 in the second round.
“I’m the man with the plan. The beast that’s ready to feast,” Hokit shouted following his win. “Now listen, Alex Pereira, I want to chama on your mama.”
Prior to his callout, Hokit opened the fight with a series of kicks, going to the legs and then looking back up top to the head. Lewis was reserved just waiting for the moment to unleash while dealing a smaller but much faster heavyweight.
A slick takedown from Hokit brought Lewis down to the ground as he began unleashing some nasty ground and pound. The punches kept slipping through Lewis’ defense as “The Black Beast” looked unable to do much of anything on the ground.
A huge elbow from Hokit blasted Lewis, who was trying to get back to his feet but quickly got brought to the ground again as blood started streaming across his head from a cut. Hokit moved into the mount and continued unloading punches until he rolled for an armbar submission.
Lewis did very little to defend but Hokit couldn’t extend the arm any further as time ran out in the opening round.
On the restart, Hokit was tossing out a lead jab and he went for another takedown but this time Lewis hammered him with uppercuts to break free. Hokit followed up with a quick combination that tagged Lewis and put him on wobbly legs.
Another right hand stung Lewis and Hokit smelled blood in the water.
As Hokit pushed Lewis back against the cage, he was popping the knockout king with great dirty boxing and just punishing him with punches. Hokit moved forward and unleashed another combination that just crumbled Lewis to send him to the ground.
Hokit continued hammering away until the referee had no choice but to stop the fight.
Now 10-0 in his career with a 4-0 resume in the UFC, Hokit appears to be a legit threat at heavyweight, although Lewis definitely looked like he’s at the end of his career on Sunday. That said, Hokit definitely creates a lot of buzz when he fights and there’s only so many options left for him before he’s knocking on the door for a title shot in the UFC.
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