Rumored Dan Hooker vs. Arnold Allen being discussed for UFC London on Mar. 19

[Question]

Credit to @TARTARA for this cover!
Dan "The Hangman" Hooker(21-11) vs Arnold "Almightly" Allen(17-1).

Hooker is coming off a loss to Islam Makhachev(21-1) by 1st round sub at 155.
Allen is coming off a decision win over Sodiq Yusuff(11-2) at 145.

 

[LoveMyMMA]

Sounds good to me.

 

[SaigeVanZant]

Hope it's not the main event

 

[13Seconds]

Nice step back for Hooker and nice step up for Allen.

Let's see about that weight cut for Hooker though

 

[theTKDguy]

Good fight but hooker shouldn't be going down in weight

 

[svmr_db]

Hope it's not the main event

Nah that's most likely going to be Darren Till vs Uriah Hall

 

[HeDidn'tWantTheFight]

Good fight but hooker shouldn't be going down in weight

Well, when you want to win a belt and have been very soundly beaten by three guys in your division's top five, you've got to do something different.

 

[mmacanada]

From Poirier and makachev to this unknown I feel bad for hooker

 

[Skandal]

Fuck belts.
He is a jbg disciple and a journey man.
Just bang bro
No need to kill yourself to make 66 kg

 

[kingConor]

Hooker is going to be a gigantic FW and that could be problems for Allen

 

[Saiyok]

I still can't believe he's going back to FW, such a bad idea. He has the frame for WW and isn't going to win a belt, just move up.

 

[Guffman]

Allen has been in the UFC since 2015 and fights once a year. Time to see if he's for real, or a just an English diversity hire.

 

[TARTARA]

Arnold Allen All The Way

 

[JoeRowe]

Nah that's most likely going to be Darren Till vs Uriah Hall

I've heard that fight hasn't come to fruition & they were also looking at Khamzat vs Luque.

 

[mmacanada]

The number ten fw wrecked hooker not long ago Barboza dismantled him it's not a good move for hooker

 

[Bubzeh]

Pretty impressive event if so. Especially considering Molly McCann is on the card. Sensational.

 

[fortheo]

I'm not sure why hooker can lose his way out of FW without even getting ranked, then go up to LW win a few and lose a few, then drop back down to FW and get a top contender.


Cool fight though.

 

[Herwald]

So Hooker moved down from LW to fight one of the biggest FWs?

 

[Guffman]

The number ten fw wrecked hooker not long ago Barboza dismantled him it's not a good move for hooker

Barboza is the most dangerous "number ten" in the UFC. No one takes Edson lightly.

 

[Raymundo Alvarado Guevara]

Sounds good to me