Dan Hooker teasing moving up to WW

[KazDibiase]

“Doin’ a little something something at the moment,” Hooker said with a smile. “Gotta make your next move your best move. Let’s just say I’m working with the UFC and a fight dietician very closely and I’m doing a little test run and we’ll see. I’ll be able to answer every question on next week’s show.”

“Let’s just put it this way, it’d take a million bucks to get me back down to featherweight,” he said. “I ain’t going back. Just, I feel like myself [at 155]. I was stepping in there at feather and I just felt like I was taking away from my abilities. I think the most [it affected me] was mentally. I felt not clear-headed in there and I couldn’t think, and my skill and my ability to out-think the other guy is what separates me from the rest of the pack.”

“So rather than carrying the extra size, trying to be bigger and stronger, I just scrapped the weight cut, scrap all of that, I’m just going to fight at my weight and do my skillset justice, and I think I can beat anyone in the world doing it like that.”

 

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

Good move. If true.

He has already KO’d Gilbert Burns in under a round. I think he’d give Luque, Thompson, and Jorge a good run in the stand up department.

Outside of Colby, Khamzat, and Usman. I think Hooker does really well.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

Another fighter figuring out that the weight cut has more disadvantages than advantages. Good.

 

[Mammothman]

Thats better

 

[Kos Fan]

I doubt he finds more success at WW, but that’s alright. He’s an exciting gate keeper who brings it every fight. He deserves a ton of respect.

 

[SamuraiBro]

I think he does worse at Welterweight to be honest but we’ll see

 

[Tank's signed glove]

This is a good move.

 

[Bangkok readyd2]

He will need to put size, honestly people are saying its a good move but really? He fought as a fw before he's clearly not a ww, very ectomorph. He just needs to get better honestly he's a perfect lw size

 

[Paynebringer]

Dan is a big 155'er if he thinks fighting @WW his natural walk around weight I say go for it, but I don't think he'll be anymore successful Dan gets hits a lot.

 

[kingmob6]

A huge lightweight moving to a more natural weight....Don't think he will be a much better fighter there though.

 

[A.S. Deep]

Good move. If true.

He has already KO’d Gilbert Burns in under a round. I think he’d give Luque, Thompson, and Jorge a good run in the stand up department.

Outside of Colby, Khamzat, and Usman. I think Hooker does really well.

Agreed, but that's why I think Hooker is gonna be bummed out at WW too. He clearly wants to be champ. And at WW, his size and strength advantage will be minimized. Then again, his frame his huge IMO, so he can definitely fill it out and be a big WW in some time.

 

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

Agreed, but that's why I think Hooker is gonna be bummed out at WW too. He clearly wants to be champ. And at WW, his size and strength advantage will be minimized. Then again, his frame his huge IMO, so he can definitely fill it out and be a big WW in some time.

@Ackmed Is that you??

 

[Ackmed]

@Ackmed Is that you??

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

A huge lightweight moving to a more natural weight....Don't think he will be a much better fighter there though.

Yeah he looked big at Lightweight to me, surprising that he fought at FW really

 

[accolyte1022]

He will need to put size, honestly people are saying its a good move but really? He fought as a fw before he's clearly not a ww, very ectomorph. He just needs to get better honestly he's a perfect lw size

Did the other one get banned?

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[Ackmed]

Hooker beat Burns, who made it near the top of the WW division, so Dan should be able to make the top 5

 

[PrepareForGlory]

I mean he looks huge at LW, when I first saw this photo of his last fight I thought it was photoshopped. Shredded.

He can definitely bulk up to 200 pounds at his height and reach and a lot like a guy like Chiesa, I don't think he'd be a small WW either.

 

[MadHouse]

as long as he adds some mass to that frame so he doesn't get ragdolled by the wrestlers at WW he should be fine

 

[Saiyok]

UberHooker.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

He will need to put size, honestly people are saying its a good move but really? He fought as a fw before he's clearly not a ww, very ectomorph. He just needs to get better honestly he's a perfect lw size

He clearly said he's not going to add sugar but rather just won't cut as much weight. He cuts a shit ton of weight. I'm not saying he's going to even sniff a belt at WW but it will probably be healthier for him in the long run.