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VIDEO | Dan Hooker destroys Jim Miller at UFC Atlantic City
Chris Taylor - April 21, 2018
VIDEO | Dan Hooker destroys Jim Miller at UFC Atlantic City A lightweight scrap between veteran Jim Miller and rising contender Dan Hooker kicked off tonight’s UFC Fight Night 128 main card in Atlantic City.
Dan Hooker Excited to Fight True Veteran and 'Walking Head' Jim Miller at UFC Atlantic City
Justin Golightly - March 16, 2018
As far as quality of competition goes, Dan Hooker is on the best streak of his career. Two finishes back-to-back over Ross Pearson and Marc Diakiese has led him to his biggest challenge yet. Jim Miller is not only Hooker’s next opponent, but a fighter that he respects. That doesn’t mean he’s not going to try to knock him out with a liver shot at UFC Atlantic City. “Jim Miller’s been a big name since I first started watching UFC. I think this fight will tie him with Michael Bisping for the most UFC fights of all time. I think he’s on 28, and then our fight will make him 29, so that will tie him for the most UFC fights ever. So there’s a lot of guys going around calling themselves ‘UFC veterans’ after a couple of fights, but Jim Miller is about as veteran as you come. So this is a fight, you know, I relish a name like that. I love it when you get that name and it’s someone you look up to, it’s someone you recognise their name and you think back to all the fights you’ve seen them have, all the wars. So yeah, I like seeing the posters up there with our names squared off against each other.”
UFC 219 Results: Dan Hooker submits Marc Diakiese (VIDEO)
Chris Taylor - December 30, 2017
A lightweight scrap between exciting fighters Marc Diakiese and Dan Hooker took place on the main card of tonight’s UFC 219 event in Las Vegas. Round one begins and Diakiese quickly takes the center of the octagon. Hooker throws a jab that misses. He circles around the outside. Marc throws a side kick that misses. Both men are very cautious early here. Hooker feints with a low kick. Diakiese throws a side kick to the thigh that lands. Hooker with a low kick and then just misses with a high kick. Marc circles along the fence. He steps in with a side kick that partially connects. Hooker with a right hand and then slips a straight right from Marc. Hooker with a kick to the body and then catches a spinning back kick from Diakiese. Dan is doing an excellent job early here. He lands a crisp jab. Diakiese misses with a low kick. Hooker connects with one of his own. Marc circles and then lands a nice switch kick. One minute remains in round one. Hooker throws a low kick but Diakiese catches it and then lands a low kick of his own. Hooker leaps in with a nice body kick. Diakiese attempts to shoot for a takedown but Hooker sweeps him and winds up in top position. Round one comes to an end.
Dan Hooker says his highlight-reel KO of Ross Pearson was "lucky, nothing else”
Tom Taylor - June 11, 2017
Last night, on the main card of the UFC’s latest trip to New Zealand, Kiwi star Dan Hooker made the jump from featherweight to lightweight, where he debuted against hard-nosed British veteran Ross Pearson. Despite being the much less experienced man in the cage, Hooker’s lightweight debut couldn’t have gone better, as he flattened his veteran foe with a crushing knee to the face mid-way through the second round. Because it was so beautifully timed and executed, Hooker’s knee-induced knockout defeat of Pearson is being talked about by many fans and pundits as a knockout of the year contender. According to Hooker himself, however, it was just a lucky strike.