David Larsen 
@adminUFC lightweight Dan Hooker recently said that he was not so impressed by Islam Makhchev’s performance at UFC on ESPN 26 against Thiago Moises, whom he defeated by submission in the fourth round. Before the fight, Islam had talked about Dan Hooker and said that he had no idea of who Dan Hooker is.
“You know, Dan Hooker posted something today, ‘If Islam wins this fight and calls me out, I like it,’ but who is Dan Hooker, you know?” Makhachev said. ” I need someone who will bring me to call for the belt, but I don’t think Hooker is a big step for me.”
Dan Hooker responded to these statements quickly. He was surprised that Islam previously called him out but then turned his attention to Ferguson who is on a 3 fight losing streak and rejected Dan’s offer, saying that Dan is 3-3 in his last UFC fights.
“I kind of was watching and on fast forward,” Hooker told “Submission Radio.” “I got bored. So, I can’t really… like, yeah. It kind of is what it is.”
“I started chiming in and having a go because (Paul) Felder said it when he retired,” Hooker said. “He’s like, ‘Oh man, I’m sick of these guys saying I’m a chicken, saying I’m things.’ I had to put up with the same thing. Coming into the main event of UFC Auckland, and I knew Felder was going to be the fight, and then Islam starts chiming in.
“So, I can’t say I regret not going out of my way to fight Islam, to put on a five-round war in my hometown with Paul Felder, and if it would’ve been anything like he performed in his main event, that’s not the style of fight that the Kiwi fans want to see. They want to see two blokes go out there and challenge themselves and see who’s better.”
“Yeah, like I said, I kind of got bored watching his main event in fast forward. So,I couldn’t imagine watching the damn thing live in my hometown. I think there would have been a bloody riot after the fight. And then after that one, DC says, ‘Oh yeah, that fight makes sense. I already caught wind that I was going to fight Dustin Poirier. So, he’s gonna say that I avoided fighting Islam Makhachev for the easy option of Dustin Poirier? I think if you said that you’d be insane. So, it is what it is. I had to put up with the chicken talk when the fight didn’t make sense for me. And now the fight doesn’t make sense for him. Give him a little nudge in the ribs.”
“You see scrolling past and seeing on like build-up videos of him saying everyone’s scared, everyone’s scared to fight him, oh, the whole division’s shook,” Hooker said. “Bro, you’re just copying your mate’s homework. Give your mate’s homework back and come up with something for yourself, son.”
Dan Hooker Praised Islam Makhachev
Dan appraised Islam for a moment but then mocked Islam for being knocked out in the UFC before.
“He’s on a good streak at the moment, but I believe he’s been knocked out in the UFC before. So then him copying Khabib’s homework and saying all this wild stuff when you’ve been laid flat in the octagon. It doesn’t really have the same ring to it as an undefeated fighter.”
“Oh, it’s just funny,” Hooker said. “Like, I don’t really care. I don’t really take it too seriously. Like, it’s just a bunch of banter to me. But if you dish it out, you better be able to take it. So, his reason (for not fighting me is) that I’m like three losses in my last six fights. And then in the same breath he calls out Tony Ferguson, who’s lost three in a row. So, I don’t know what he’s on about.”
