about 4 hours ago

Dan Hooker Explains Why He Accepted Dangerous Arman Tsarukyan Fight

Hooker said he took the #1-ranked lightweight Tsarukyan bout, knowing few others wouldn't. “I knew that absolutely no one wants to fight the guy… but that’s just not the way I do things,” he said. Calling it “one of the most difficult fights,” Hooker added he prefers “the hardest way,” choosing risk over comfort in pursuit of true competition.