Dan Hooker pulled no punches in the Octagon or in his post-fight scrum last weekend at UFC 226.
Following his first-round knockout over Gilbert Burns, Hooker cut a frustrated figure. He told the gathered media that the Brazilian’s weight cut played a big part in Hooker dropping Burns in the sequence that finished the fight.
“The Hangman” was adamant that he should have been matched with a top-10 opponent for the event. Now 4-0 as a UFC lightweight, the Kiwi’s coach, Eugene Bareman, thinks former lightweight champion, Anthony Pettis, would make sense as his next port of call.