Dan Hooker finds himself in a very tricky situation in the UFC after taking key losses at featherweight and lightweight. The contender from New Zealand originally switched weight classes in order to reinvigorate his career.
Dan Hooker lost to Islam Makhachev at lightweight and realized he would be stuck in the middle of the pack at the weight class. He then moved to featherweight where he fought Arnold Allen at UFC London.
The fight didn't go his way as he lost by TKO in the first round. Many figured Dan Hooker was better off at lightweight and had a better chance of being a top contender in the UFC's higher weight class.
Recently, Dan Hooker spoke to Submission Radio and revealed that he will be going back up to the UFC's lightweight division. He doesn't even think he could make weight at featherweight anymore.
“Oh, fuck no, I couldn’t make featherweight if I wanted to. I’m closer to middleweight than I am to featherweight. I felt like I could’ve stayed at 145, but obviously, a lot of sacrifice goes into that. But off of the result of the last fight, I feel like I’m in the exact same position at both weight classes. So why not? Why would I make the extra sacrifice?”
Dan Hooker continued, “The extra sacrifice was to get me back in the same position that I was in. But if I’m in the exact same position, I’d rather be in the exact same position and eating, and having a slice of cake every now and then. Put a fork in it bud, I’m out of the conversation [at featherweight].”
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