Josh Hokit says Sean O'Malley missed 'set up' at UFC White House presser

Josh Hokit claims Sean O'Malley missed an opportunity that he had set up for “Suga.”

Hokit and O’Malley are both a part of UFC Freedom 250 scheduled for June 14 at the White House. Hokit and O’Malley recently shared the dais during a UFC Freedom 250 pre-fight press conference at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. 

Hokit, who is playing the UFC ’s latest heel, targeted Derrick Lewis and Alex Pereira at the press conference. Ilia Topuria stood up in Pereira’s defense and ended up having a back-and-forth with Hokit, who was then escorted out of the media event. Meanwhile, O’Malley sat through it all unfazed right between Hokit and Topuria. 

Missed Opportunity

Hokit claims he had set up a perfect opportunity for O’Malley to plot a future matchup against Topuria. However, Hokit accuses the fellow American of missing the opportunity by playing “too cool.” “The Incredible Hok” hopes O’Malley doesn’t regret the missed opportunity.

“Imagine having the opportunity of a lifetime, set up by me perfectly to back your fellow American and call your shot but the moment passes you by because you are simply ‘too cool’ … we’ll all be on our death bed one day… hopefully he doesn’t regret that…”

While Hokit (9-0) is scheduled to fight Lewis (29-13) in a heavyweight matchup at UFC Freedom 250, O’Malley (19-3) takes on Aiemann Zahabi (14-2) in a bantamweight tilt on the same card. Meanwhile, Topuria (17-0) puts his lightweight title on the line against interim champion Justin Gaethje (27-5) in the main event. O’Malley was not asked a single question at the recent press conference. 

While O’Malley was trading barbs with Topuria when “El Matador” was the featherweight champion, the chance of a matchup between them has diminished since the undefeated Georgian-Spaniard moved up to lightweight.