Dan Hooker made his big return to featherweight when he took on Arnold Allen in the co-main event of UFC London. His weight cut seemed to go well but the fight did not.
Arnold Allen was able to use his speed and power to hurt Dan Hooker. The co-main event of UFC London ended with Allen going off on Hooker and landing many big punches.
“It’s huge,” Allen said after UFC London via MMAFighting. “To be honest, I know I’m a finisher. I know I’m a decision guy really, I’m pretending now, but I’ve got the power in my hands. All my coaches tell me I hit hard, I put people down with body shots in sparring. It just doesn’t come out in the fight. I think the kind of style of opponents I’ve fought haven’t allowed me to fight that way. I nearly had it in the last fight, but then I broke my baby hands and that didn’t happen.
“I’ve always said, the better guys I fight, the better I’m going to show up. And [Hooker] is the best guy I’ve fought, he’s the most dangerous guy by a country mile — like, physically, his skill set, he’s as long as anything — and I showed my best there.”
Arnold Allen also gave his take on Dan Hooker's move to featherweight. The UFC contender didn't hold back as he talked about the New Zealand fighter changing his weight class.
“I personally didn’t think it was the best choice,” Allen said of Hooker. “If anything, someone like that, going up [in weight] maybe again would be a good idea, but he knows his body, he knows how he feels. But yeah, I think his best work’s at lightweight. Not a knock at him or anything obviously, but I don’t think making that extra cut is a good choice.”
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