This is the UFC 327 live weblog for Curtis Blaydes vs. Josh Hokit, the primary card heavyweight bout Saturday at Kaseya Center in Miami.
The strain is on Blaydes (19-5, 1 NC) to gradual the hard-charging Hokit (8-0), who has emerged as one of many heavyweight division’s extra promising prospects. Blaydes—at the moment No. 6 within the MMA Fighting Global Rankings—has solely misplaced to elite competitors in his profession and he represents an enormous step up for the undefeated Hokit.
“Razor” has alternated wins and losses in his previous 5 outings, most just lately scoring a cut up determination win over Rizvan Kuniev at UFC Baku.
The 28-year-old Hokit has the potential to shake up the ageing heavyweight division, which is badly in want of contemporary blood. A former collegiate wrestler and soccer participant, Hokit’s athletic presents have shined in his preventing profession to date, as he’s scored eight wins in eight finishes. Hokit earned a contract on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2025 after which gained his first two UFC fights, needing lower than six complete minutes to knock out Denzel Freeman and Max Gimenis.
Check out the UFC 327 live weblog for Curtis Blaydes vs. Josh Hokit under.
Curtis Blaydes has wins over Alexander Volkov, Junior dos Santos, Alistair Overeem, and lots of extra. Surely, he’s not about to lose to Josh Hokit.
Whoa, simply checked FanDuel proper now and… Hokit is favored at -118! Damn, that escalated.
After his title is introduced, Hokit walks as much as Blaydes and offers him the center finger. Classy!
Herb Dean refereeing this one.
Hokit runs proper at Blaydes and invitations Blaydes to brawl. He lands proper hand. Blaydes goes for a single leg, good protection from Hokit. Blaydes firing again, however Hokit simply walks via it and he stuns Blaydes with a tough punch! Straight headhunting from Hokit, Blaydes is getting battered.
Another center finger from Hokit. He’s displaying no respect for Blaydes’ punching energy. Desperation takedown by Blaydes, he simply tackles Hokit to the mat. No harm there, Hokit is up with Blaydes leaning on him. Dean trying intently to stop a fence seize. Blaydes hanging on to Hokit, however Hokit breaks the grip. Blaydes simply rushes him down for an additional takedown. This became a slopfest and there’s nonetheless two and a half rounds to go.
A much-needed slow-down within the motion. Just as I say that, they begin throwing once more, however they undoubtedly seem like they’ve misplaced some steam. Now it’s Blaydes coming ahead as Hokit clumsily retreats… after which hits Blaydes with a counter punch. Blaydes throwing wildly now with Hokit towards the fence. Big uppercut from Blaydes, however he’s nonetheless consuming punches. This is INSANE.
Hokit can barely get his arms up, however he’s nonetheless coming ahead. Crazy man. Blaydes smashes him with an elbow. Hokit with a heroic center finger to shut the spherical.
MMA Fighting scores the spherical 10-9, Blaydes.
Blaydes opens with a proper hand. He needs to determine a jabm however Hokit is not going to let him as a result of he’s proper again to throwing haymakers. Blaydes has no likelihood however to reply with an overhand proper.
Hokit stuffs a takedown and he’s speaking and flipping Blaydes off. Blaydes touchdown jabs as if that is really a boxing match. Shovel punch from Hokit. These punches are at half velocity proper now, shut to 1 third. It’s Hokit on the offensive now, he appears to be like like he’s discovered a second wind. Blaydes is DRAINED.
Hokit to the physique. Uppercut from Blaydes. More jabs from Blaydes. Not positive they’re having any impact on Hokit. You can virtually see the lactic acid filling these dudes’ arms.
Hokit continues to punch the physique, which feels merciless at this level. Right hand scores for Hokit. He has Blaydes wobbled, this could possibly be Hokit’s second. Punches in bunches from Hokit, however Blaydes with simply sufficient head motion to keep away from the worst of it. You can see Dean looming, able to wave this off both method.
Blaydes lands a sequence of punches with Hokit drifting again. They clinch up and are simply battering one another in shut. Grueling struggle. Hokit fires a knee up the center, then one other proper into Blaydes’ midsection. Blaydes doing his finest to throw again, however it looks like there’s not a lot behind these punches. Blaydes with a few good punches to finish the spherical.
Hokit blows a kiss to the group.
MMA Fighting scores the spherical 10-9, Hokit. Overall, 19-19.
Five extra minutes? Not doable.
Good begin for Blaydes as he stings Hokit with just a few punches. Hokit shrugs off a Blaydes takedown. Back to the clinch, it’s virtually like they’re holding one another up at the same time as they slip punches and knees in. Blaydes scores with a left hand. Hokit can not get his fingers as much as block punches. Now it’s Hokit working the jab. Blaydes pops him again, each guys throwing from vary. Left throughout the chin catches Hokit. He solutions with an uppercut. There’s quite a lot of punching happening, is what I’m saying.
More brutality within the clinch. Seriously, there hasn’t been quite a lot of seconds on this struggle the place considered one of these guys isn’t inflicting ache on the opposite indirectly, form, or type. Blaydes undoubtedly has the quantity benefit in Round 3, so let’s see if Hokit has yet another surge in him.
A minute to go, Blaydes marching ahead, Hokit proper there to fulfill him. Blaydes’ face is roofed in blood. Big proper from Hokit, however Blaydes takes it. Hokit pushing ahead to shut the spherical, it’s shut. Take your decide, I don’t know if there’s a fallacious reply right here.
MMA Fighting scores the spherical 10-9, Hokit. Overall, 29-28 Hokit.
Official end result: Josh Hokit def. Curtis Blaydes through unanimous determination (29-28 x3)
The second you’ve all been ready for…
Hokit: “To the Miami mamicitas, my bad water tastes like a sweet margarita. So what is there not to like when I pick up the mic a puppy comes back to life. And when it comes time to get litty you know I can get jiggy, my electric slide can power this whole damn city. I’m the ouch that runs his mouth and wears dirty shoes in your house, just to say, ‘F*ck yo couch.’ I toot my own horn and beat my own drum, but if you think you can beat me in a fistfight, boy is you dumb, and P.S. Alex Pereira, Chama deez nuts!”
*May have made just a few errors there, my apologies.
Seriously, Hokit having the cardio to nonetheless do all that after… spectacular!
