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Ahead of UFC 327, Jiri Prochazka remained quite calm and respectful toward his opponent, Carlos Ulberg. However, just a few days before, the former light heavyweight champion got into an altercation with a heavyweight fighter that no one expected.
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Before the event takes place at the Kaseya Center on April 11th, fighters are arriving at the promotion’s assigned hotel. During the UFC 327 media day, ‘BJP’ had a brief altercation with emerging heavyweight contender Josh Hokit, who’s facing Curtis Blaydes at the event.
According to reports, Josh Hokit appeared at media day with a toy lightsaber, speaking with people in a Mexican accent. When the Californian met Jiri Prochazka backstage, he started berating the former champion, which got pretty heated. Fortunately, neither fighter got physical during the altercation, but Hokit was definitely vocal as he threatened to stitch Prochazka’s head onto Alex Pereira.
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“Man, stay where you are,” Jiri said in the video Red Corner MMA uploaded.
“I’ll cut you up with this lightsaber, homie, and f—g stitch your head on Alex Pereira’s body, homie,” Hokit replied.
As the clip of the altercation went viral, fans were confused about why Hokit suddenly charged at Prochazka out of nowhere, especially since they weren’t even fighting each other. However, prominent journalist and MMA Junkie reporter Nolan King posted on X that the 28-year-old was playing a character to promote his fight at UFC 327. That became even clearer when the heavyweight prospect remained animated during his media day interaction.
“I’m the downest vato in the world, homie,” Hokit said when asked about the Jiri Prochazka interaction at UFC 327 media day. “I’ll literally f—ing take you down and show everybody, homie, while I f—ing take it down. I’m f—ing down, dog, I don’t care who you are. We can make an open division, homie. Cutting weight is for cowards, homie, straight up. The down vato doesn’t f—ing cut no weight, homie, straight up, dog,” he added.
🚨🤯Jiri Prochazka and Josh Hokit were involved in a heated backstage exchange during the UFC 327 media day.
Jiri told him: “Man, stay where you are.”
while Hokit responded: “I’ll cut you up homie. And f*king stitch your head on Alex Pereira’s body.”
(via: @gifdsports ) pic.twitter.com/MAvKF1zFiq
— Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) April 8, 2026
Now, as Josh Hokit surprised everyone with his pre-fight antics, he also went on to make even more wild claims at UFC 327 about Prochazka’s former opponent.
Josh Hokit paints a horror movie scene involving Jiri Prochazka’s former opponent
When berating Jiri Prochazka, the heavyweight prospect Josh Hokit didn’t randomly use Alex Pereira’s name. It seemed he wanted to rub some salt on ‘BJP’s wounds, as he lost to ‘Poatan’ twice. However, it appears Hokit’s dislike for the Brazilian two-division champion runs even deeper, to the extent that he referenced a live version of The Human Centipede.
“Hello? Is this thing on? Listen. I’m gonna take out the number four, then I’m gonna saw off his head and put it on Alex Pereira’s body,” Josh Hokit stated during the UFC 327 media day. “And then, I’m gonna take number three and then stitch it to the a—s of number two. And then I’m gonna take number two’s head to the a—s of number one, creating some type of human centipede.”
For those who might find Hokit’s reaction to Pereira a bit surprising, he has actually criticized the UFC star before. Talking about ‘Poatan’s legacy, the Californian said that he found it “surprising” that Pereira became champion without facing any legitimate wrestler at 205 lbs, and credited the Brazilian’s “timing” for his success. So, as the two-division champion is making a move to heavyweight for a clash with Ciryl Gane at UFC White House, Hokit might be trying to stir some pot.
That said, what do you think about Josh Hokit’s pre-fight antics at UFC 327? Is it really going to bring more eyes to his fight against Curtis Blaydes?
