Josh Hokit explains choosing the cage over the 49ers

Jorge Masvidal gets beyond the heavyweight's persona on Death Row MMA, drawing an unusually large audience for FULL SEND MMA.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 392,455 views a day, 54 times a normal first day on this channel (7,274).

Josh Hokit Has Never Done An Interview Like This...

Josh Hokit turns up in bright yellow gloves, sunglasses and an American flag bandana. But beneath the costume, Jorge Masvidal gets a straightforward answer about why he walked away from professional football: he wanted the responsibility of competing alone.

"My true love is the one-on-one sport where everything's right on my shoulder," Hokit says on Death Row MMA. He describes leaving the San Francisco 49ers behind for combat sports, tracing his fighting instincts back to wrestling and boxing at home with his brothers.

The interview reached about 156,000 views in six hours, already far beyond FULL SEND MMA's usual full-day audience for regular videos. The comment section was also much busier than a typical first day, with viewers picking up on Hokit giving direct answers rather than staying entirely in character. Others are already imagining a verbal exchange with Sean Strickland.

Hokit has his own answer to the idea that he appeared from nowhere: "It takes ten years, you know what I'm saying, to create an overnight sensation." His account puts years of athletic discipline behind the quick climb described in the episode, which arrives ahead of his heavyweight title fight with Ciryl Gane at Madison Square Garden.

The ambitions extend beyond that matchup. Hokit names Alex Pereira as someone he wants to face, entertains changing weight divisions and proposes a new division between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Later, he breaks down training at Jackson Wink in Albuquerque, from grappling and sparring to mitt work and strength conditioning.

The episode includes a paid betting-app promotional segment near the start. The conversation itself gives Masvidal room to ask what sits underneath Hokit's performance: an athlete who preferred having the outcome on his own shoulders.

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The numbers

Hokit's interview passed the channel's usual first-day views within its opening hours. Comments also arrived well beyond the usual full-day total.

the video's first day

usual first day here

7,274

this video

392,455

subscribers

650,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

985,058,187

the video

views

155,736

likes

4,355

comments

770

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Michael Bisping

744,000

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650,000

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618,000

WCW

565,000

WWE NXT

560,000

FTC Boxing

559,000

As of November 4, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

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