Dan Hooker continues to fight while preparing himself for his own bouts.
Ilia Topuria isn’t going to be back to defend the UFC lightweight title anytime soon due to other parts of his life that have taken priority right now.
Despite this, the lightweight division and the majority of its top names aren’t choosing to wait around, with some big fights being announced in recent weeks.
Hooker, the fighter who challenged Renato Moicano to a fight after his recent defeat, is looking to remain active.
His next outing may have already been confirmed for UFC 325 next month, but that hasn’t stopped him from exploring one of his other big passions.
Ilia Topuria’s feud with Paddy Pimblett is over: ‘We all learn from our mistakes’
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The UFC’s lightweight champion has taken a break from MMA and is focusing on a different issue.
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Dan Hooker’s 1-Minute Scraps crowns the ‘daddest man on the planet’
Dan Hooker admitted that he won’t be a UFC champion after he was submitted by Arman Tsarukuyan in Qatar last month.
That doesn’t mean that he’s no longer motivated to fight, with ‘The Hangman’ now choosing to focus on spoiling other people’s dreams instead.
Hooker, who will be facing Benoit St-Denis in a fight that is destined to become Fight of the Night on 31 January, recently changed roles.
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