Josh Hokit’s sparring habit has concerned Joe Rogan ahead of his UFC 334 heavyweight title fight this weekend.

‘The Incredible Hok’ fights for the UFC heavyweight title this coming weekend at UFC 334 when he takes on Ciryl Gane in the main event.

The 28-year-old has received criticism throughout his short UFC tenure so far because of his skills on the microphone, which has led to Dana White admitting he doesn’t like Hokit.

But now ahead of the first title fight of his career, Josh Hokit‘s sparring preparation has received criticism as UFC commentator Joe Rogan picked up on what seems to be like a dangerous habit.

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Rogan concerned by Hokit training habit involving his gum shield

With UFC 334 coming this weekend, the promotion uploaded their popular ‘Countdown’ show earlier this week. And during the episode, footage showed Hokit going through his final preparation, which included sparring footage. In a recent episode of his podcast, Rogan noticed that ‘The Incredible Hok’ seemingly spars without a gum shield, which he is extremely concerned about.

“You see what he’s doing with his mouth piece?” Rogan asked as he watched footage of Hokit sparring while seemingly chewing a gum shield instead of wearing it. “It’s not even in, when he opens his mouth it falls back, it looks like a chewed up mouth piece, man. I don’t know what that is man, that looks weird… It’s not fit right… You can see his teeth, that’s a chewed up mouth piece, man, that’s crazy. His coaches should stop him from doing that… You f—— maniac, he’s just odd,” Rogan continued.

The commentator explained how Hokit sparring without a mouth piece leaves him susceptible to getting injured and affecting his teeth. Despite that, the 28-year-old is someone who spars hard in preparation for his fights, similar to middleweight champion, Sean Strickland. And although not wearing a mouth piece isn’t suggested, the controversial heavyweight hasn’t ran into any issues with injuries yet.

This isn’t Hokit’s only controversial training method, as ahead of his fight against the Frenchman, Hokit has been getting pepper sprayed and has been training eye poke defense to prepare for Gane. ‘Bon Gamin’ has received a lot of criticism over the last year for being a ‘dirty fighter’, with fans pointing at his wins over Tom Aspinall and Alex Pereira as proof.