Ohhhhhhhhhh FUCK YEAH!!
I train at the same gym as Dan Hooker. So stoked for him. He's been hassling Dana, Joe Silva, Sean Shelby and anyone that'll listen ever since the event was announced. So glad that it's paid off for him.
I have no idea who this other guy is, but if Dan has his way, it'll be an entertaining fight.
Hooker is the fucking man. He started as more of a ground specialist, but his striking has come a LONG way. Last year he entered a 1 night, 8 man kickboxing tourney called King of the Ring. He'd never had a proper kickboxing fight before in his life... He took it out, finishing every one of his opponents.
I also recently saw him stand toe to toe with the best HW kickboxer in NZ, Antz Nansen (who's won the HW equivalent of the kicboxing tourney that Hooker won). It was a tag team kickboxing fight at our gym as a fundraiser and it was fucking bananas. Hooker (a LW, don't forget), literally stood toe to toe with Antz, who's a fucking giant. Hooker took some heroic shots, right on the chin, but gave back as good as he got and actually made the HW tag out.
Man, this news has made my fuckin' week... Even though it has essentially nothing to do with me and I barely know the dude lol
