Media Dan Hooker at 4.9% body fat three weeks out from his return to 145

[Phisher]

This is rank stupidity. Maybe the guy never gets to a title shot at 155, but he's a proven contender in that division.

Someone on his team needs to tell him not to do this.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

I lost respect for Dan moving back down. He is a big LW. Puss move imo.

 

[VinceArch]

Well I can't see him being committed to this long term. I think Arnold sends him back up to 155.

 

[Grandwizard666]

He has a big frame and could fill out to a good size for ww. I seriously don't get this move.
I think he gets dusted like Cody then hopefully goes to ww

 

[Yep]

Don’t think that’s a good thing. But damn, I would do anything to have 7% body fat. Except eat right and work out. And don’t any of you “jackals or hyenas” tell me to get cancer. You’ll get my snore nose.

 

[Moonwalker95]

Sweet, only 4.9% to go

 

[swimba]

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Pretty sure he was blaming the weight cut last time for not being able to take a shot.
Ok Dan.

 

[Reign009]

What? That's like body builder level and seems really unhealthy.

What are the other numbers? 7.4 and 5.3?

 

[HuskySamoan]

From what I understand, once you're below 8 or 9% the tests become increasingly less accurate. Also Hooker isn't a proven contender, hes more incredibly lucky to have had a top 10 rank and there's tons of guys outside the top 10 that beat him. Hes a tough son of a gun though.

 

[Rorschachxx]

Will go as good as TJ's and Codys moves to Flyweight.

 

[Gracious Warrior]

If you have to play the role of malnourished third world vagabond to be competitive at your job then that's a sure sign that a career change is due

 

[Reign009]

Also, FW is a beast of a division too. Some guys have found that out the hard way.

 

[Rorschachxx]

hes more incredibly lucky to have had a top 10 rank and there's tons of guys outside the top 10 that beat him. Hes a tough son of a gun though.

I like Dan but thats very true. He had possibly the easiest route to the top 5 with wins over Iaquinta, Felder and James fucking Vick.

 

[Fahcough]

It's going to hurt to move. Might hear bones grinding. Fight joint pain, stay chunky.

 

[CerebralKnievel]

It always boggles my mind that these guys work with professional nutritionists, personal trainers and so forth, and yet delude themselves into believing these kinds of additional weight cuts are in any way a good idea.

 

[Tugboat]

He needs to be right around tree-tree fiddy right about now or he’ll never make it.

thats what I walk around at btw.

 

[fight_fiend]

Just because Islam had his way on short notice shouldn't force a drop in weight class. I also don't blame Dan after a couple L's to seek potentially greener pastures.

I'm also a fan of fresh match-ups that I wouldn't have thought about. I wish Dan the best and hopefully he gets himself into contention again against guys I wouldn't have thought about.

 

[G10]

I lost respect for Dan moving back down. He is a big LW. Puss move imo.

This. Zero of his losses at 155 were due to him being undersized against his opponents. He's only going to risk even worse long-term injury with this move.

 

[D 1 Wrestler]

Why does the date go from April 2021 to February 2022?