He still has to wait seven weeks, but he is already excited. While he is due to face Benoît Saint Denis on January 31 in Sydney, Dan Hooker has already started his provocative work. In several interviews, the New Zealand MMA fighter chained together very incisive sentences hoping to shake the Frenchman off his hinges.
“All these young guys are hungry and want to be champions. I’m the one who shows up and ruins everything they do, he smiled to Sporting News Australia. I want to harm him, shame him, waste a few years of his life and hurt him. I just want to ruin his hopes and dreams. That’s my plan. »
A speech republished the next day on MainEventTV, with an additional promise: he does not intend to back down in the face of Benoît Saint Denis. “It’ll be funny when he gets in the cage and I start hitting him,” Dan Hooker said. He will say to himself: wow, he has absolutely no concern for his own health or safety. »
The expectation around this fight will inevitably increase as its provocations progress. 6th in the lightweight rankings and beaten by Arman Tsarukyan on November 22, Dan Hooker wants to defend his place against the Bayonnais, currently 8th. However, he remains on an exceptional victory against Beneil Dariush in 16 seconds in New York on November 15. A new success would open the doors to the elite of the UFC, the best organization on the planet.
