{"id":342582,"date":"2020-02-27T16:46:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T00:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=342582"},"modified":"2020-02-27T16:46:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T00:46:23","slug":"dustin-poirier-hints-at-main-event-fight-against-dan-hooker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dustin-poirier-hints-at-main-event-fight-against-dan-hooker\/","title":{"rendered":"Dustin Poirier hints at main event fight against Dan Hooker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dustin Poirier has hinted at his next fight on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Poirier has been campaigning for a scrap for weeks and now has taken to Twitter to hint at a possible main event fight against Dan Hooker. The Kiwi, of course, had stated that he would like to fight Poirier, if Justin Gaethje was not available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if Gaethje is busy, then Poirier is the man,&#8221; Hooker said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9AFPlgAafzA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show<\/a>. &#8220;Either Gaethje or Poirier, those are the only two options that make sense for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, it seems like Hooker has fully turned his attention to Poirier. He called &#8220;The Diamond&#8221; out on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I got 25 minutes for you <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1EJhecYzQV\">https:\/\/t.co\/1EJhecYzQV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DustinPoirier\/status\/1233146281192837122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Can you see me now,&#8221; Hooker wrote with a diamond emoji, which is Poirier&#8217;s nickname.<\/p>\n<p>Poirier was quick to respond seemingly accepting the callout and saying it will be a main event fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I got 25 minutes for you,&#8221; Dustin Poirier responded.<\/p>\n<p>Dustin Poirier has not fought since he suffered a third-round submission loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov for the lightweight title back at UFC 242. Before that, he claimed the interim lightweight strap when he defeated Max Holloway by decision at UFC 236. The Diamond is currently ranked second at lightweight.<\/p>\n<p>The American Top Team fighter has notable wins over Eddie Alvarez, Gaethje, Anthony Pettis, Diego Ferreira, and Jim Miller among others.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Hooker, meanwhile, is now ranked fifth at lightweight following his split-decision win over Paul Felder in the main event of UFC Auckland. The Kiwi is riding a three-fight winning streak with a decision win over Al Iaquinta and a first-round knockout over James Vick.<\/p>\n<p>There is no question Poirier and Hooker would be a fantastic main event for any Fight Night card. The winner could also become the top contender at lightweight or at least fight in a number one contenders bout next.<\/p>\n<p>Would you be interested in seeing Dustin Poirier vs. Dan Hooker for five rounds? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p><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 2\/27\/2020.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dustin Poirier has hinted at his next fight on social media. Poirier has been campaigning for a scrap for weeks and now has taken to Twitter to hint at a possible main event fight against Dan Hooker. The Kiwi, of course, had stated that he would like to fight Poirier, if Justin Gaethje was not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":274486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[28687,10297,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dustin Poirier hints at main event fight against Dan Hooker | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dustin Poirier has hinted at his next fight on social media and it appears to be against Dan Hooker for five rounds, but no date has been revealed.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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