{"id":353972,"date":"2020-06-22T12:45:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T19:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=353972"},"modified":"2020-06-22T12:45:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T19:45:19","slug":"dan-hooker-responds-to-justin-gaethje-predicting-dustin-poirier-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dan-hooker-responds-to-justin-gaethje-predicting-dustin-poirier-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Hooker responds to Justin Gaethje predicting Dustin Poirier victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend&#8217;s main event will be a big matchup between highly-ranked lightweights Dustin Poirier and Dan Hooker, and neither of them are underestimating the other.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, UFC interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje predicted that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/justin-gaethje-says-dan-hooker-is-getting-merked-by-dustin-poirier\/\">Poirier will &#8220;merk&#8221; Hooker<\/a> in their fight, and now &#8220;The Hangman&#8221; has responded.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EjM26rLCsx\">Submission Radio<\/a>, Hooker was asked about Gaethje&#8217;s comments and responded by saying if he knocks out Poirier, it&#8217;ll make Gaethje look bad. Back in 2018, Poirier handed Gaethje his second career loss when he defeated him by fourth-round TKO, and Hooker knows that beating the guy who beat Gaethje will only hurt the interim champion&#8217;s resume.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SubmissionRadio\/status\/1274862902810271745<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If someone knocks you out, you obviously want to see them doing well and see them succeed because it makes you look better. Like if I go in there and I knock Dustin Poirier out, it kind of makes Gaethje look like a bum, so I guess he doesn&#8217;t want that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With both Hooker and Poirier having a resume full of knockouts in their respective careers, Hooker acknowledges that the fight could go either way between him and &#8220;The Diamond&#8221; and understands why Gaethje said what he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s a 50-50 fight, me and Poirier. I think there&#8217;s equal chance that he knocks me out or I knock him out, and I&#8217;m prepared for that kind of fight. Of course Gaethje is going to hedge his bets against a guy that flat-lined him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Gaethje and others might be overlooking Hooker in the fight, Poirier recently spoke out saying he doesn&#8217;t like the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dustin-poirier-responds-to-fans-downplaying-dan-hooker\/\">disrespect being shown to his upcoming opponent<\/a>, while Hooker questioned if Poirier&#8217;s chin is as strong as a recent opponent of his, Paul Felder.<\/p>\n<p>There is certainly high stakes in the matchup between Hooker and Poirier as one makes a big statement in the highly-stacked lightweight division. Earlier this month it was announced that the UFC is targeting a unification lightweight title fight between <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/report-khabib-nurmagomedov-vs-justin-gaethje-in-the-works-for-ufc-253\/\">Gaethje and reigning champion Khabib Nurmagomedov for UFC 253<\/a>, although no announcement has been made official.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of Hooker and Poirier is likely to firmly establish their place in the title conversation after the unification fight between both champions.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you see winning the fight this weekend, Dan Hooker or Dustin Poirier?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend&#8217;s main event will be a big matchup between highly-ranked lightweights Dustin Poirier and Dan Hooker, and neither of them are underestimating the other. 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