Preliminary-card fighters can’t leave the arena before the end of events, so Chase Hooper didn’t go to M&M’s World after his Octagon debut.
Cooper, 20, had come to Las Vegas on business, fighting in the UFC for the first time in a bout against Daniel Teymur. But he also wanted to mix in some fun, and for him, that meant getting his own custom M&M, a decidedly wholesome activity after nearly getting asphyxiated.
With time to kill, “The Teenage Dream” took a few laps around the T-Mobile Arena, feeling entirely uncomfortable with fans who lined up to take pictures with the curly-haired kid from rural Washington.