If there have been any doubts surrounding Dan Hooker and his longevity on the high of the light-weight division, he answered them at UFC 290.
This previous weekend on Worldwide Struggle Week, Hooker met surging contender Jalin Turner who got here into the struggle with the hype that Hooker as soon as had after shifting as much as the light-weight division.
Producing top-of-the-line fights of the 12 months to this point, Hooker and Turner went to conflict and proved that they’re each elite strikers with an unimaginable will to win.
In the long run, it was Hooker who took the break up resolution however his victory was made much more spectacular by his restoration after consuming a clear head kick within the second spherical.
Instantly after the struggle, Joe Rogan requested Hooker whether or not his arm was damaged which he later confirmed on social media however in an interview with Oscar Willis for The Mac Life, “The Hangman” additionally revealed that he may have a damaged orbital because of the kick that he could not block correctly.
“I believe when he kicked me within the head, so that is what I wish to attribute [suffering a broken orbital bone] to getting kicked within the head like that, I wish to say within the second [round] it is as a result of my arm was damaged. It is humorous, while you break one thing in a struggle, and then you definately’ll inform it do one thing and it simply will not do it as a result of like naturally it will have simply gone like this proper (places his arm as much as block) however I used to be like yeah try this and it simply did not transfer as a result of I watched a replay and I used to be like bro I received kicked within the head, kicked within the head, however I used to be like my arm is not responding.”
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— Dan Hangman Hooker (@danthehangman) July 9, 2023
Dan Hooker Credit His Chin With Studying From Expertise
Following his tough patch that noticed Hooker choose up only one victory in 5 fights, questions had been requested of him concerning his chin.
Having been identified for his unimaginable sturdiness, “The Hangman” went to conflict with Paul Felder and Dustin Poirier in back-to-back struggle of the 12 months contenders.
The 33-year outdated was additionally stopped by Michael Chandler and Arnold Allen within the first spherical, resulting in the dialog as as to whether he had left an excessive amount of of himself within the wars with Felder and Poirier.
UFC 290 proved that each one to be incorrect as his toughness saved him within the struggle with Jalin Turner lengthy sufficient to show the tide on his opponent.
Hooker spoke about how his earlier experiences of being in wars of attrition taught him about the way to take care of his chin and provides his physique time to recuperate.
“It is fairly onerous to elucidate like when a man loses his chin, it is prefer it simply wants a great quantity of relaxation and from the expertise, like now I do know, what I imply, I did not know I used to be just a little bit bull-headed and ignorant like once I did 5 rounds with Felder, received my face melted and to leap into the Poirier struggle. One other 5 rounds and simply pushing it too shut like back-to-back.”
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