Paddy Pimblett's comments on Conor McGregor have spark criticism
from Josh Hokit. | 📷: Getty/UFC

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Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight Josh Hokit
believes fighters are two-faced, using Paddy
Pimblett as an example.

Pimblett (24-4) secured a spectacular win by putting Benoit St.
Denis (17-4) to sleep in less than a minute in
UFC 329's co-headliner. The main event between Conor
McGregor and Max
Holloway then ended in anticlimactic fashion, with the
returning Irish star suffering a leg injury in the opening
sequence, leading to a victory for his Hawaiian counterpart.

Pimblett remained respectful towards McGregor in the lead-up to UFC
329, seemingly taking a backseat as the Irish superstar drew most
of the attention. However, he changed his tune after watching the
former two-division champion lose.

Josh Hokit says Paddy Pimblett proved exactly why he talks
trash

Pimblett stole the show at UFC 329, given the unfortunate
conclusion to the main event. After his bonus-winning triumph, “The
Baddy†claimed McGregor is “finished†before proclaiming himself
the new face of the UFC.

“Oh my god, McGregor’s done already? Well, he is finished,â€
Pimblett said in a post-fight interview. “The new boy is in town.
The main man is here. I can become the face of the organization
now.â€

Hokit has now called out Pimblett and fighters in general for being
two-faced. “The Incredible Hok†believes fighters are respectful to
each other only at their own convenience. Hokit, who has quickly
risen to stardom in the UFC with his polarizing trash talk, backed
up by spectacular performances, doesn't think his antics deserve
any criticism, considering how other fighters behave.

“Fighters are the most two-faced people in the world,†Hokit wrote
on X. “Nothing but respect and bow downs to one another when it's
convenient… and you wonder why I do what I do.â€

Fighters are the most two faced people in
the world.. nothing but respect and bow downs to one another when
it's convenient.. and you wonder why I do what I do https://t.co/UExkDfZ4QR

— The Incredible Hok (@Josh_HokitUFC)
July 12, 2026

Sean
Strickland posted a controversial theory on Conor McGregor's UFC
329 injury. | 📷: Getty/UFC

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Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion Sean
Strickland doesn't think Conor
McGregor was injured going into
UFC 329.

McGregor's return to action after five years against Max
Holloway at UFC 329 on Saturday ended in anticlimactic fashion.
“Notorious†blew his right knee with the first kick he attempted,
leading to a stoppage loss hardly over a minute into the first
round. Strickland has now weighed in on the Irishman's injury.

Sean Strickland questions Conor McGregor's knee injury after
UFC 329 loss

While Strickland doesn't want to jump to conclusions, he wonders
whether McGregor's injury could have been triggered by steroid use.
He claims to have seen several steroid users' bodies get fragile
with time.

“Im not saying this is it….. but every homie I have that has done
steroids for too long their bodies become so fragile,†Strickland
wrote on X. “Im not saying thats why but…. it does weaken
everything…â€

There's much ongoing speculation regarding whether McGregor was
already injured going into the fight. Notably, the broadcast
pointed out that he winced and slightly stumbled while removing his
shoes before entering the Octagon. However, Strickland believes
“Notorious†wouldn't have started with a kick if he was already
injured.

“Thats what im saying… if you’re injured you’re protecting your
injury to make it through the fight,†he wrote in another post,
before adding, “No. He wouldn’t of sent a kick like that if he was
hurt. I know from experience.â€

McGregor (22-7) is the UFC's most tested athlete of 2026 by far.
However, the former two-division champion was off the UFC's testing
pool while he was recovering from his leg injury suffered in his
trilogy loss against Dustin
Poirier in 2021. There were also issues with McGregor's drug
testing protocol when he was expected to return in 2023-24. His
drug testing reportedly played a major role in the UFC's split with
its former anti-doping partner, USADA, in 2024.

Im not saying this is it ….. but every
homie I have that has done steroids for too long their bodies
become so fragile…

Im not saying thats why but…. it does weaken everything…

— Sean
Strickland (@SStricklandMMA)
July 12, 2026

Thats what im saying… if youre injured
youre protecting your injury to mske it through the fight

— Sean
Strickland (@SStricklandMMA)
July 12, 2026

No. He wouldn’t of sent a kick like that if
he was hurt. I know from experience

— Sean
Strickland (@SStricklandMMA)
July 12, 2026

Dana
White is livid with the
Ultimate Fighting Championship's production team for getting
celebrities' names wrong on the broadcast.

Four-division boxing champion and Zuffa Boxing's latest signing,
Shakur Stevenson, was in attendance at
UFC 329 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. However,
when Stevenson was shown on screen, a lower third had him captioned
as NBA player Jalen
Williams of the Oklahoma City Thunder. White later slammed the
UFC's production team for the mix-up.

Shakur Stevenson and Jalen Williams react to mix-up at UFC
329

White notes that his production team, which he is usually immensely
proud of, just hosted a monumental event on the South Lawn of the
White House last month. However, the UFC CEO believes his
production team is the worst in all sports when it comes to
showcasing celebrities at UFC events.

“My production team, we just did the White House. We built an arena
on the South Lawn of the White House, and it was the greatest thing
in the world to be there live and to watch it on TV,†White said at
the UFC 329 post-fight press conference. “I just paid Shakur
Stevenson a sh*tload of money, and for some reason, we can’t figure
this celebrity sh*t out. They put him up as a f*cking OKC NBA
player. Are you f*cking kidding me? But we are the absolute worst
to ever do the celebrity thing. When we put celebrities up, we are
the worst.â€

Stevenson enjoyed White's rant, posting on X, “Yea Dana,†followed
by a laughing and fire emoji. Williams also took the incident in
good stead and couldn't help cracking a few jokes. The NBA champion
wrote on his Instagram Stories, “Ehh close enough,†before
accepting lifetime free ringside tickets to UFC events as a token
of apology.

Dana White was not happy that Zuffa's latest
signing Shakur Stevenson was presented as NBA player Jalen
Williams on last night’s UFC broadcast 😳 pic.twitter.com/ro4zIwoDtD

— Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine)
July 12, 2026

Yea Dana 😂🔥
#FireTheyAss https://t.co/3opexAShWa

— Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson)
July 12, 2026