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Greg Jackson won’t be in the corner of Josh Hokit or Steve Garcia at UFC White House. | Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
Two Jackson-Wink MMA athletes will be without one of their primary coaches on the biggest stage of their careers to date.
According to a report from the Albuquerque Journal, Greg Jackson will not corner Josh Hokit or Steve Garcia in their bouts at UFC White House on June 14. Hokit initially revealed the news on social media, saying that Jackson wouldn’t be present for “personal reasons.” Hokit will face Derrick Lewis at heavyweight, will Garcia will square off against Diego Lopes in a featherweight tilt.
My coach Greg Jackson will not be coaching me on the White House fight for personal reasons… I don’t have a coach now… will the ring girls corner me please… tag them for me🙏
— The Incredible Hok (@Josh_HokitUFC) April 18, 2026
Sitting This One Out
This week, Jackson confirmed to the Journal via text message that he won’t be coaching either Hokit or Garcia at the event, which will be held on the South Lawn at the White House on President Donald Trump’s birthday. The event is being held in recognition of the United States’ 250th birthday.
“I won’t be there for either guy this time,” Jackson wrote, “but I’m keeping [the reason] off the record.”
Jackson, who co-founded Jackson-Wink MMA in Albuquerque, New Mexico, along with Mike Winkeljohn, has coached a number of big name fighters over the years, including Georges St. Pierre, Jon Jones, Rashad Evans, Holly Holm, Carlos Condit, Donald Cerrone, Diego Sanchez, John Dodson and Michelle Waterson-Gomez, to name a few.
Hokit emerged as a person of interest at heavyweight after taking a unanimous decision over Curtis Blaydes in a “Fight of the Year” contender at UFC 327 on April 11. That helped propel “The Incredible Hok” into a last-minute spot on the White House lineup against Lewis, the promotion’s all-time knockout leader.
Garcia, meanwhile, has compiled a seven-fight winning streak in the Octagon at 145-pounds, finishing all but one of those victories via knockout or technical knockout. Most recently, “Mean Machine” stopped David Onama in the opening stanza in the UFC Fight Night 263 headliner this past November.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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