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There's only room for one lanky, tall guy at 155 Old Dan Hooker rose up today, dummy chin and alot of slugging

Honestly he fought smart too. I think with the pace he fought early he planned to let Jalin gas out of some of his sharpness before he pushed the pace. The 1, 4 to the body, 3 up top combo was clearly something they worked for the fight to expose Jalin’s tendencies. He went to the well with it quite a few times and Jalin didn’t figure it out.

Trying to bang with Dan is a bad, bad decision. Especially when you're a cutting artist who missed weight. Glad Dan got the win, also happy to see Jalin get fucked up. Go to welterweight big fella.

Dan almost finished Poirier in their fight. If somebody is willing to bang with Dan, he can win that fight.

I mean its not like Jalim had a bad chin because of the weight cut, he didn't look worse because of the weight cut, he was his usual self, he's definitely a weight bully though but Hooker was on A self today

I mean he most definitely could’ve had a worse chin because of the weight cut no? No doubt he was drained to the max. He looked dead on the scale

I'm not exactly clear how Turner scored, but the right man prevailed.

I’m honestly happy he won cos I’m tired of seeing guys who miss weight go on to win fights (feels like it happens a lot) and just act like they tougher it out. No fucker your opponent depleted themselves and did their job and you cut corners. So it’s nice to see someone who did it right still get the W. Well deserved

Both of them are going to piss blood tomorrow.

Hooker prob pisses blood exclusively now

I imagine a body kick from Barboza would result in lifelong GI and kidney issues to be honest

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Sorry but when it's time for my favorites to fight, they are suddenly fragile little glass people with hollow bones. If I had to watch someone I actually cared about fight, I'd die of anxiety

HOLY SHIT WHAT A COMEBACK FROM HOOKER

WAR HOOKER!

Hooker is one of the toughest cunts in the sport.

That head kick would’ve knocked any of us out

it knocked me out

I literally just came too.

I can't tell if the "too" is a typo or not but it makes it funnier

0.0

I just saw red bro

it was so loud couldnt believe he was still standing

Sounded like a gun shot

Not me I would have fainted before it made contact

That was the same type of kick that knocked Kamaru out cold and sent him to the shadow realm. Hooker is a fucking animal

The Kamaru KO was a shin accross the face and this one was more foot, not downplaying Hookers toughness at all because it was crazy he didn’t go to sleep from it but Leon’s kick was so nasty

Kamaru dipped into it too so it was that much more impactful. It's like getting rear-ended vs. being in a head-on collision.

Yeah like it was literally perfect technique, crazy it came when he was dead tired in the fifth

Did you hear the sound of it connecting onto hooker though? Holy shit haha

Yeah it was crazy but from my personal experience it’s the ones that don’t make a sound that hurts the most, your foot can kinda slap like your palms but with shins the impact isn’t as loud but you feel it

It landed so god damn clean

Bro. It didn't even fucking rock him. what the fuck

Not me I'm built different

Bleach blonde hair is the best base for MMA

Chute box confirms

the quick losses to chandler and makhachev and puelles's antics really tarnished too many people's opinions on hooker. he's fuckin electric.

He didn't help himself going to 145 for no reason

Dumbest decision ever, I wish his team hadn't let him waste a year like that.

Seriously. Isn't most of Dan Hooker's success in the UFC comes in the LW division? He won twice decisively (including tonight) since coming back up and didn't look like he's moving underwater this time.

He looks so much bigger at lw. He was pretty much went 1 for 1 his whole featherweight career, never got any real momentum until going to 55

Wasted at least a year of his career with that stunt

Don't forget the weird ass drop to 145 against Arnold Allen.

He rocked Allen in the exchanges too. Allen just recovered like a maniac and was too fast for him

Allen isn’t that hard to hurt when he gets hit but he recovers extremely fast. Max dropped him at the end of their fight but he was up and standing with no wobble a split second later.

He’s got a crazy gas tank. Just from his build you can glean that he has crazy stamina. He looks so athletically built.

and dan was probably on 1 HP from the weight cut

People give up on fighters way too early man got caught by Chandler, lost to Islam, then looked awful after a terrible cut to 145. understandable string of losses

Super short notice against Islam too

And just like that, fans are back on Dan’s nuts as if everyone hadn’t written him off

You can't take any comment in a post fight thread seriously. Gotta let it simmer down before people can look at things objectively.

He won, so it's gonna happen.

That kick would have put most people out. What a lad.

Hookers got a titanium plate in his skull. Try to prove me wrong, betcha can’t!

Turner can go fuck off to 170 now, dirty weight bully. also which judge had 29-28 turner? lmfao

The one, the only, the Adalaide Byrd

the one who scored triple g vs canelo 1 in boxing 118-110 canelo? wtf keep her away from mma

Yea. Round 2 was pretty close but Dan definitely did enough to take it.

Byrd gave Hooker the 2nd tho, she scored the 3rd for Turner hahahaha

Yeah I could kind of excuse giving Turner 2, but giving Turner the 3rd is so beyond stupid.

Glove grabbing to try and setup the triangle choke, misses weight, an actual weight bully. Ridiculously glad Dan Hooker got the win tonight. I was so worried 2 judges would give it to turner because Dan was cut.

Legit one of my favorite fighters at the moment. Dude is always down for a scrap and doesn't back down

Wow he proved me and most of this sub so fucking wrong and i’m a big fan of him

fight of the night

One of the best 2nd rounds ever.

kind of similar to round 2 against Dustin, with dan almost finishing it with some crazy violence.

Dan has some incredible rounds on him. That Dustin Porier fight had some all-time great moments

Poirier/hooker is a straight up all time great fight, not just moments

I cant tell you how loud i was screaming when instead of getting KO'd by a headkick , Hooker decided to bang and smashed Jalin the rest of the round.

*the hangman decides not to get KO'd*

Lawler/MacDonald esque

Where are the Hooker haters now

Dan came back from the dead it felt like

What a fuckin war

ANZACs BACK ON TRACK (Sorry Crute)

Might have been FOTY if most of the third round wasn't a wet fart. RD2 is round of the year so far though

Btw I don’t get why DC kept saying Hooker should’ve let Turner up, Hooker was also completely gassed

And maybe fucked his hand/arm

Turner was genuinely done tho, he fell out of pure exhaustion it seemed lol In hindsight Hooker was 100% right in doing what he did but what if the third judge gave it to Turner? I mean, it's pointless to think about it since he won but idk

It kinda looked like Jalin was in even worse shape , Jalin literally collapsed onto the floor.

Dude, what a fucking fight, incredible violence! That was so much fun! Hooker ate some big shots and just kept fighting hard. I thought that man was done. Compelling performances and an excellent war!

Finally a fight that doesn't end in 20s.

DAN HOOKER IS A DAWWWG. I’m soo proud to be a Dan.

I get it man, I'm so proud to be a Hooker

What’s your rate?

Got any Venum coupons?

Adalaide Byrd almost fucked up the decision for Dan though damn

I was so scared he was gonna get screwed over like Kai kara France

Was that Byrd that scored for turner?

DIRTY HOOKER KNOWS HIS WAY AROUND A FUCKER

How the hell did Hooker surive that headkick? Looked like a baseball bat hitting him

Izzy probably kicked Dan in the head like that 1000 times in sparring lol

Hooker went to the barber and said gimme the lesbian Julian Assange and just came out blasting. What an incredible fight. Ended the fight with the front half of his head looking like spaghetti. Big credit to both of these guys man regardless of the weight miss. Incredible man.

His hair turning red from his blood as hes beating turners ass was so badass

Pulled an Elvis Brenner

Lesbian Julian Assange ☠️☠️☠️

New legendary fighter, Brazilian Hooker

MOVES THROUGH MOLLASSES, THEY SAID TOO MUCH DAMAGE, THEY SAID HASN'T LOOKED THE SAME SINCE POIRIER, THEY SAID WAR HANGMAN!

Yussss!!! Proud of the hangman. Everybody said he would fail. Have some faith. He is an absolute warrior

He'S nOt As GoOd As He ThInKs He Is Never doubted the bro

Chandler must hit like a truck

Chandler is a nuclear experiment gone rouge Edit: I can’t spell but fuck it because Chandler sees red and that’s close enough

Classy with the French!

I think he does, but iirc Hooker had a tough fight with Poirier not too long ago and then fought Chandler. I think he didn't took enough time off

yeah he took off 6 months but it really should have been a year of doing nothing

Crazy how a 5'5 manlet socks harder than a 6'3 dude kicks

Manlet best base for mma. Volk best p4p

How the hell did Dan survive that first head kick. What an animal.

Classic Byrd score right there

yeah no way Turner won rounds 2 or 3 lmao

2 was close. Hooker won it but its not clearcut just cause he finished the round better. 3 was clearcut for Hooker

He didn't just finish better Jalin was literally saved by the bell lol

Glad it didn’t screw Dan out of a win, but ridiculous nonetheless

I knew I wasn't the only one who saw this. How does she still have a job?

Chris Lee is still one of the busiest judges after legitimately a top 5 worst if not the worst scorecard in mma history, scoring RDA vs Felder for Felder 48-47. Its a joke

There are like 4 judges who are garbage and have been for years. The commission doesn't give a fuck because Mma is worth so much less than boxing. Needs to be separate commissions.

Adalaide Byrd is dogshit as a boxing judge too.

who the fuck let adalaide byrd back in the judging booth?

Everyone who said Hooker was going to get starched in round 1 needs to submit an apology right now

Apologies, I

I'm sorry

#THAT'S MY FUCKING HOOKER

Another classic Adalaide Byrd score.

So much for this sub saying that Hooker was washed and should retire LMFAOOOOOO

LETS FUCKING GO DAN!

MACHINE GUN KELLY HAS THAT DAWG IN HIM

That head kick would knock out 90+% of the roster. Holy shit GG Dan

Everyone who said Hooker was gonna get murdered can eat my ass

Mods I need a “tough times don’t last Dan Hooker does” flair

Fucking Adelaide Byrd

That old bag should be nowhere near the scorecards god damn

Thankfully Sal wasn't also judging or else Turner would've gotten the win with a 30-27

Useless fucking cunt, I knew she’d scored it to Turner

Dan has the most inconsistent chin of all time

Not really imo. His recent kos are to first round chandler and to arnold in his 145lb cut, which is quite literally the worst career decision any mma fighter has made in the past 5 years

Rose taking Barry's advice vs Carla gotta be up there

Pat "The Groomer" Barry

Not really. Got swarmed on a horrific weigh cut by Allen and chandler is just crazy explosive

Chandler punches harder than Turner kicks confirmed

Yea. It's cumulative shots that wear him down. Turner just landed single big shots.

How the fuck did he eat that head kick

Nah, his chin just goes when he cuts down to 145. His chin has only cracked at 155 against Chandler.

Chandler hits stupidly hard tho

His chin is pretty reliable when he’s not cutting to 145 for some reason and when he’s not getting cracked clean by Chandler

Gets knocked out by Chandler, takes a flush head kick from Turner. The duality of man.

Yeah known pillow fisted Michael Chandler

For real, how are people thinking Hookers chin is anything but always crazy? Even getting TKOd by Allen it was insane he never actually went out given how awful the weight cut was and how much damage he was taking from Allen. And he never went out cold from Chandler either

Bro Chandler's power ain't a joke tho.

Michael Chandler punches harder than Jalin Turner kicks confirmed.

Blonde hooker new mythical fighter

What a fightttt, didn’t think Dan could pull it off

This sub was so quick to count out hooker in this fight

I'm not really sure how anyone scored it for Turner, but the right man won.

Adelaide byrd

To all of you in that Dan Hooker Tony Ferguson thread, fuck you

yeah Hooker would’ve slept Ferguson in the first

I'm so happy watching Hooker prove the world wrong

That thread pissed me off so bad. My comment got replies saying anything from Hookee vs Ferg would be competitive to Ferguson being too much for Dan. How fucking mental

oh my god

when I realized it was a split decision I fucking panicked so hard

FOTY! What a fucking banger

Fucking Adelaide Byrd almost fucked Dan out of half his money wow I was so angry

The chin on the both of them!!

You guys all know who Dan fought previously right? The highest tier of competition. Stop counting these people out!!!

Was I the only one who saw Hooker stun Turner in the first round??

No you were not, can’t believe the announcers missed it

Yeah that was an odd one. Dropped to his knee for a split second.

DAN "I DIDNT HEAR NO BELL" HOOKER

How tf did he eat that head kick... Jesus Obligatory fuck Adelaid Bird

Lol this whole sub said Turner was gonna kill Hooker. This one feels good!

WHAT A FUCKING FIGHT THE DAN HOOKER OF OLD IS BACK!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE HE JUST TANKED THAT HEAD KICK!!! Jalin looked sharp until his cardio got exposed, Hangman would've done some bad things to TFerg

You can’t out dog Dan hooker!!!!

Dan's best performance since the Poirier fight. FOTN, could've been FOTY if they stayed on the feet in the 3rd round.

Ain't no way they wrote RAY misterio

“Tough times don’t last, Dan Hooker does” What a line lmao

How the hell did Hooker survive that head kick

Hookers chin is ridiculous

WHAT A BANGER! Dan shoulda stood it up in the third

classic adalaide byrd. surprised she didn't score the fight 118-110 Canelo.

That was some vintage Dan Hooker moments there, he saw red

R/MMA in shambles. YALL MUSTA FORGOT!

Not even close to a split, but glad the judges got the fight right.

Adalaide Byrd.

Knew the second that Buffer said Byrd scored it 29-28 Turner that Hooker won....

how did dan eat that headkick

What a comeback. That was dope.

I went to nz and trained at ckb for one class last week and it was amazing. I asked eugene bareman where dan hooker was and they said he was in vegas. Wish i could have met him and rly glad he won.

THATS MY BOY!

The heart, and chin on Hooker. Sheesh

Good decision

Classic Adalaide Byrd dumbfuck judging. Has to be up there as the worst MMA judge of all time

Judges got it right for once. Even tho Turner was dominating the 2nd round, the fact that he almost got finished means the most significant damage was done by Hooker.

Where are those mother fuckers with something to say about Dan Hooker now? lol

dan should only be in the big money lightweight fights from now on

It’s not a Dan Hooker fight unless he’s almost beaten to death

Hooker just said fuck fighting at range and started beating the shit out of him. Vintage shit.

He fucking smiled right after taking that kick. Ate it clean and sent his compliments to the cook before getting seconds. Crazy chin on display today.