Dan Hooker is placing his UFC layoff to good use because the light-weight contender channeled his internal Kimbo Slice this week by internet hosting a yard struggle league in New Zealand.
It’s been a short time since struggle followers have seen “Hangman” compete inside the UFC’s Octagon. Hooker is coming off a spectacular efficiency in opposition to Mateusz Gamrot at UFC 305 again in Aug. 2024 that prolonged his present win streak to a few and subsequently lined him as much as struggle Justin Gaethje at UFC 313 this previous March. It was going to be Hooker’s greatest struggle to this point and an opportunity for him to creep into the light-weight title image.
Sadly, Hooker suffered a gnarly hand harm that required surgical procedure and booted him from his matchup in opposition to Gaethje. Making issues worse, Hooker suffered a setback in his restoration and simply had a second surgical procedure on his hand earlier this month. The ailment has left Hooker on the UFC sidelines, but it surely offers him extra free time to department out and do some fairly superior Dan Hooker issues.
On Saturday, Hooker took to social media to share a yard struggle league that he put collectively in New Zealand. It will not be as prolific as Kimbo Slice’s legendary yard preventing in Miami, Fla., however Hooker is doing his finest. The clip he shared even featured a monstrous one-punch knockout, which “Hangman” mentioned was the primary struggle of the day.
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“Yesterday, 32 males gave me their phrase. At this time, 32 honored that settlement,” wrote Hooker through Instagram.