Dan Hooker would beat Conor

[Rajon Rondo]

Hooker has hell of a chin, went to war with Poirier. Has the size advantage over Conor, solid double leg and is not bad of a striker himself. Hes from that gym that Izzy and Volkanovski are from and those two are champs.

 

[tripleo]

conor about to fight the guy who beat him

 

[Roljo]

Hooker already has taken a lot of damage, that chin is leaving soon

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

Hooker already has taken a lot of damage, that chin is leaving soon

yeah i think so

 

[Krixes]

Hooker gassed out completely versus Dustin after 3 rounds. There would be no cardio advantage, Conor just beats the hell out of him like Barboza did.

 

[GangGangGang]

Conor makes Hooker curl up in a ball like Edson did. Conor TKO within 3.

 

[accolyte1022]

Hooker has hell of a chin, went to war with Poirier. Has the size advantage over Conor, solid double leg and is not bad of a striker himself. Hes from that gym that Izzy and Volkanovski are from and those two are champs.

You should be getting ready for the season opener.

 

[mcf4]

Hooker gassed out completely versus Dustin after 3 rounds. There would be no cardio advantage, Conor just beats the hell out of him like Barboza did.

I think he accumulated damage rather than ran out of gas, but the ability to sustain such damage does not last forever.

 

[Krixes]

I think he accumulated damage rather than ran out of gas, but the ability to sustain such damage does not last forever.

Either way he was done after 3 rounds, he was there but not there.

 

[PicoPulse]

Nah Conor makes it look close to Barboza but with no leg kicks

 

[Joseph_McBride]

One of the easier matchups for Conor in the top 10. Surprised he didnt pick him over Poirier tbh.

 

[JosephTessaro]

Conor makes Hooker curl up in a ball like Edson did. Conor TKO within 3.

In 2, Conor may gas in 3.

 

[sabretitan]

Hooker cant get a sniff at conor, let's be honest. The Chandler fight he should be grateful for

 

[Dbreiden83080]

Are they going to be shooting pool or something?

 

[Dbreiden83080]

In 2, Conor may gas in 3.

He’s not going to gas out unless he is out there headhunting like crazy, or getting grappled to death. I expect him to be very methodical and patient against Dustin. He will wait for the right opportunity connect and end the fight.

 

[Aurelian]

Either way he was done after 3 rounds, he was there but not there.

Do you agree that if that fight had been 3 rounds instead of 5 that Hooker wins? Dustin was catching a world class beating in that 2nd round.

 

[Krixes]

Do you agree that if that fight had been 3 rounds instead of 5 that Hooker wins? Dustin was catching a world class beating in that 2nd round.

Yeah, I had Dan up 2-1 after 3 rounds.....

 

[Doughie99]

Hooker has hell of a chin, went to war with Poirier. Has the size advantage over Conor, solid double leg and is not bad of a striker himself. Hes from that gym that Izzy and Volkanovski are from and those two are champs.

This. 100% agree.

 

[Arkham's Notorious Geyser]

Right....because the next step in the Sherdog Flowchart is to say Hooker beats Conor when he HASN'T even beat Chandler yet



Because that makes ALL the sense in the world. In all seriousness, he went life and death with Poirier and looked like a different fighter after the end of the second round when he got blended up in Dustin's little hook frenzy.

Conor touches him a few times on the Chin, and he's getting TKO'ed. He couldn't fuck with Barboza in mid range, and couldn't even beat Poirier despite landing 100 Significant Strikes, if you can't put away Poirier with that many shots and a flush knee, good luck trying to KO Conor whose eaten Overhands CLEAN on the Jaw only to spring back to his feet and fire a knee.

Yeah this Gif plays against Conor is some ways, but his recovery in this sequence is second to none. Any other LW that night was going STIFF.

 

[Bilzerian]

Agree. Nightmare match-up for Conman. Tall, durable, tough as nail, solid knee and grappling. Dude will starch dat lil Irish chicken.