For UFC boss Dana White, heavyweight Josh Hokit\u2019s post-fight behavior at UFC Freedom 250 on Sunday crossed a line. <\/p>\n
On Monday, the mixed martial arts promotion\u2019s president and chief executive told Time reporter Sean Gregory via text <\/a>he is \u201ccompletely against saying nasty and false things about people\u2019s families\u201d in reference to Hokit\u2019s tasteless comment about Michelle Obama. During the White House spectacle in front of President Trump and others, Hokit was interviewed after his technical-knockout victory over Derrick Lewis and propped up a false conspiracy about the former first lady, declaring \u201cMichelle Obama is a man.\u201d <\/p>\n Hokit, who has a history of making tasteless comments after his fights, including the same Obama jab, drew mixed reaction from the UFC Freedom 250 crowd \u2014 and also from social media users, with some repeating the false claim in the comments on Hokit\u2019s Instagram page and others chiding it. <\/a>White, who has panned Hokit\u2019s remarks in the past, did so again. <\/p>\n \u201cEveryone knows my position on free speech but I hate that kind of nonsense,\u201d White\u2019s text added. <\/p>\n Hokit insulted Obama months after Trump faced backlash in February for a racist social media video <\/a>that depicted President Obama and the former first lady as apes. Amid mounting public criticism, the White House took down the video and blamed an unnamed aide. <\/p>\n Michelle Obama, clearly on Hokit\u2019s mind on Sunday, was busy with other matters over the weekend: preparing with her husband to open their Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. The museum and library hosts its grand opening Thursday and will be open to the public Friday.<\/p>\n Times staff writer Ana Ceballos contributed to this report. <\/p>\n