In spite of having simply commemorated his 10-year anniversary in the UFC, Dan ‘The Hangman' Hooker is far from hanging up the gloves as he targets an underdog win in Perth followed by a Top 5 ranked challenger next.
Fan preferred veteran and # 11 ranked light-weight Dan Hooker lastly goes back to action this weekend on the primary card of UFC 305 in Perth versus a Polish fumbling maker with a ‘attractive' # 5 beside his name.
Image by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCDan Hooker targets battle versus Top 5 challenger after UFC 305
‘The Hangman' is among a handful of Top 15 lightweights on a winning streak and after calling out an entire host of huge names for UFC 305 in Perth, Hooker hopes that a viral win this weekend puts him in lead to eliminate among the departments' home names next.
Speaking with media ahead of his clash with # 5 ranked Mateusz ‘Gamer' Gamrot, Hooker commemorated the match and the possibility of leaping back into title contention: “I like it sibling, I enjoy that attractive little number he's got next to his name– that's what I'm coming for.”
Ought to Hooker make that declaration win he's looking for, particularly through another viral surface, he anticipates that the tables will turn, and it'll be him being called out by those prominent fighters ranked above him.
“They'll need to bro, they'll need to– [a win] that entirely alters the instructions [of lightweight]Like a great deal of the huge names in the department are all coming off losses … Oliveira, Poirier, Gaethje, Chandler– all of these guys are going to desire something I have which is a three-fight win streak.
“Who else exists? You ain't getting a title shot off a loss, if you wish to be next in line then what now? Arman's next in line however who's after that? It'll be the winner of this weekend, [the winner] is the next guy.”
Whilst it's not likely that Hooker would be compared versus Arman Tsarukyan for the anticipated interim light-weight title battle later on this year, a win over Gamrot might protect him a battle versus previous champ Charles Oliveira– who is partly accountable for his primary card area in Perth.
Hooker confesses phony callout of Charles Oliveira ‘exercised well' for him
Hooker vs Gamrot was the last battle contributed to UFC 305 and prior to the statement, there were issues that the promo would pick to keep ‘The Hangman' on the sidelines and far from action in Australia.
“I didn't have a single name pointed out to me bro, that's what my supervisor for,” Hooker specified, discussing how “I was simply hellbent on being on this card, I simply stated I'll combat any male on this card,
