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MIAMI, FLORIDA - APRIL 10: (L-R) Opponents Curtis Blaydes and Josh Hokit face off during the UFC 327 ceremonial weigh-in at Kaseya Center on April 10, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC)
This is the UFC 327 live blog for Curtis Blaydes vs. Josh Hokit, the main card heavyweight bout Saturday at Kaseya Center in Miami.
The pressure is on Blaydes (19-5, 1 NC) to slow the hard-charging Hokit (8-0), who has emerged as one of the heavyweight division’s more promising prospects. Blaydes—currently No. 6 in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings—has only lost to elite competition in his career and he represents a huge step up for the undefeated Hokit.
“Razor” has alternated wins and losses in his past five outings, most recently scoring a split decision win over Rizvan Kuniev at UFC Baku.
The 28-year-old Hokit has the potential to shake up the aging heavyweight division, which is badly in need of fresh blood. A former collegiate wrestler and football player, Hokit’s athletic gifts have shined in his fighting career so far, as he’s scored eight wins in eight finishes. Hokit earned a contract on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2025 and then won his first two UFC fights, needing less than six total minutes to knock out Denzel Freeman and Max Gimenis.
Check out the UFC 327 live blog for Curtis Blaydes vs. Josh Hokit below.
Preamble
Curtis Blaydes has wins over Alexander Volkov, Junior dos Santos, Alistair Overeem, and many more. Surely, he’s not about to lose to Josh Hokit.
Right?
Always tell me the odds
Whoa, just checked FanDuel right now and… Hokit is favored at -118! Damn, that escalated.
Round 1
After his name is announced, Hokit walks up to Blaydes and gives him the middle finger. Classy!
Herb Dean refereeing this one.
Hokit runs right at Blaydes and invites Blaydes to brawl. He lands a good right hand. Blaydes goes for a single leg, good defense from Hokit. Blaydes firing back, but Hokit just walks through it and he stuns Blaydes with a hard punch! Straight headhunting from Hokit, Blaydes is getting battered.
Another middle finger from Hokit. He’s showing no respect for Blaydes’ punching power. Desperation takedown by Blaydes, he just tackles Hokit to the mat. No damage there, Hokit is up with Blaydes leaning on him. Dean looking closely to prevent a fence grab. Blaydes hanging on to Hokit, but Hokit breaks the grip. Blaydes just rushes him down for another takedown. This turned into a slopfest and there’s still two and a half rounds to go.
A much-needed slow-down in the action. Just as I say that, they start throwing again, but they definitely look like they’ve lost some steam. Now it’s Blaydes coming forward as Hokit clumsily retreats… and then hits Blaydes with a counter punch. Blaydes throwing wildly now with Hokit against the fence. Big uppercut from Blaydes, but he’s still eating punches. This is INSANE.
Hokit can barely get his arms up, but he’s still coming forward. Crazy man. Blaydes smashes him with an elbow. Hokit with a heroic middle finger to close the round.
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Blaydes.
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