President Trump turned the White House South Lawn into a fight venue, and one heavyweight made sure the card had a moment nobody could miss.
UFC Freedom 250 brought a live mixed martial arts spectacle onto the South Lawn with the president cageside for the action.
Josh Hokit defeated Derrick Lewis by second-round stoppage, then grabbed the microphone for a post-fight interview that quickly changed the conversation.
The clip shows Hokit dropping the line from inside the Octagon:
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Standing in the Octagon after the win, Hokit shouted the Michelle Obama line as the White House crowd reacted around him.
That was Hokit’s quote, delivered as a post-fight mic moment. The report here is that he said it, not that the remark has been independently proven.
The win itself was real and dominant.
The Houston Chronicle laid out the fight result and the unusual White House setting: