{"id":275388,"date":"2018-04-27T12:36:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T19:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=275388"},"modified":"2018-04-27T14:17:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T21:17:46","slug":"dan-hooker-calls-for-scrap-with-stupidest-guy-in-the-division-justin-gaethje","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dan-hooker\/dan-hooker-calls-for-scrap-with-stupidest-guy-in-the-division-justin-gaethje\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Hooker calls for scrap with &#8220;stupidest guy in the division&#8221; Justin Gaethje"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand lightweight Dan Hooker is now on an impressive three-fight win-streak, and he&#8217;s hoping to be rewarded for this success with a big step up in competition. In particular, he&#8217;s hoping to fight former World Series of Fighting lightweight champion Justin Gaethje, who he considers &#8220;the stupidest guy in the division.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hooker made his callout of Gaethje on a recent episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OHseR6YU5QM&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submission Radio<\/a>. Here&#8217;s what he had to say about the former WSOF champ:<\/p>\n<p id=\"7NHzjJ\">\u201cHe\u2019s like the stupidest guy in the weight class,&#8221; Hooker said (transcribed by Jesse Holland for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2018\/4\/27\/17290128\/ufc-hooker-wants-bang-justin-gaethje-stupidest-guy-division-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAMania<\/a>). &#8220;He\u2019s wild, he says he\u2019s not gonna develop his game, he\u2019s gonna continue to fight like that. He\u2019s got a couple of fights left in his career if he keeps fighting like that. You can\u2019t stand there with the best guys in the world and fight like that. Like, you\u2019re just gonna get put to sleep. So I just feel like it\u2019s a good time get him now. In a couple of fights his name won\u2019t be worth that much. But if he must insist on it, I\u2019d like to be the one to take him out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Submission Radio #157 Al Iaquinta, James Vick, Dan Hooker, Brett Okamoto\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OHseR6YU5QM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hooker&#8217;s most recent win came at the expense of lightweight veteran Jim Miller, who he put down with a brutal knee in the first round of their UFC Atlantic City scrap. This win was preceded by a third-round submission of\u00a0Marc Diakiese, and a second round knockout of British veteran\u00a0Ross Pearson.<\/p>\n<p>Gaethje, meanwhile, has lost his last two bouts, both by knockout. The first of these knockouts was dealt by former UFC and Bellator lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez, while the most recent was authored by Dustin Poirier in a 2018 Fight of the Year Contender. These losses were preceded by a perfect 18-0 start to his career, included an impressive defeat of Michael Johnson in his anticipated UFC debut.<\/p>\n<p>Does a fight between Dan Hooker and Justin Gaethje interest you?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 4\/27\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand lightweight Dan Hooker is now on an impressive three-fight win-streak, and he&#8217;s hoping to be rewarded for this success with a big step up in competition. 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