Dan Hooker, the UFC light-weight contender, has already made a reputation for himself together with his thrilling preventing type. His kill-or-be-killed method has earned him loads of followers, and now “The Hangman” is entertaining folks in a really totally different method.
Followers React to Dan Hooker’s Yard Brawl
Final month, Hooker acted as matchmaker, promoter, and ring announcer for a $10,000 winner-take-all, 32-man grand prix match in Phuket, Thailand. N1 Hype sponsored the occasion.
A few weeks in the past, Hooker introduced on Instagram that he’d be operating the same match in his personal yard, titled “The Physician’s 1 Minute Scraps.” TheDoctor, an internet streaming, playing, and giveaway platform, sponsored the occasion.
The principles are as follows:
- 32-man match
- Auckland-based
- One-minute fights
- Straight fingers solely
- No weight restrict
- $50K winner-take-all
The match rapidly gained consideration in New Zealand and on social media, the place battle followers shared their ideas.
“What a CTE speedrun,” one fan wrote.
“Dan’s spouse goes away for 2 days, and look what occurs,” one other joked.
“All the pieces I’ve realized about Dan Hooker has led me to imagine this man’s a pure psychopath,” one fan mentioned.
Even the UFC Apex fights took warmth as one fan wrote, “Far more entertaining than the typical Apex card.”
Dana White’s Energy Slap wasn’t spared both. One other commented, “Positively trumps Energy Slap.”
A fan even dropped a online game reference, writing, “Dan Hooker’s yard is a Tekken stage.”
At first, Hooker solely had 22 fighters signed up. To fill the final 10 spots, “The Hangman” appeared in an Instagram put up with Israel Adesanya, confirming no skilled fighters had entered and that the ultimate 10 spots would stay closed to them.
“I’m glad I witnessed this. The mana and respect between the fighters have been superior to observe. Shoot a good one, win or lose, shake fingers, and maintain pushing. F*** yeah!!!” Adesanya wrote within the feedback of one in every of Hooker’s Instagram posts.
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As anticipated, the occasion drew police consideration. New Zealand Boxing Coaches Affiliation president Billy Meehan criticized the format, warning {that a} no-weight-class construction might result in severe harm.
Nonetheless, yard fights are nothing new for MMA. Jorge Masvidal, the previous UFC BMF champion and two-time welterweight title challenger, made a reputation for himself via Kimbo Slice’s notorious yard brawls.
On this case, Hooker didn’t battle — he promoted. And that’s additionally not new in MMA. Masvidal, Urijah Faber, Anthony Pettis, Calvin Kattar, and others all have their very own regional battle promotions.
