17.08.2024
Author: Miroslav Obluk
Dan Hooker and the new look. PHOTO: UFC
He has changed beyond recognition since his last match. He became a different fighter, a different man, a different person. Popular UFC fighter Dan Hooker made his last appearance in a fight event last July. At UFC 290 at the time, he outwitted the dangerous Jalin Turner. He hasn’t fought since then, he’s been treating his injured hand, he’s also been adding new tattoos to his body. She made him a different person. When the New Zealand shooter steps into the cage at UFC 305 this weekend, it won’t be the same person. At least not in appearance. You can watch the UFC gala on Telly.
It’s no secret that MMA fighters love tattoos. Hooker is no exception. The smiling warrior has always been close to ink drawings, tattoos have decorated his body for many years. Nevertheless, his current visage attracts attention.
Although the thirty-four-year-old handsome man had tattoos on his legs, for example, his chest was clean. However, this is not the case now.
Hooker was certainly not bored during the year’s hiatus, and his tattoo artist was not short of work either. The eleventh ranked lightweight had a skull tattooed on her chest with various weapons protruding from it, her hands were completely inked, and her abdominal muscles were also covered.
To make Hooker’s transformation even more emphatic, ESPN MMA’s Instagram profile compared her to other fighters who will appear on Saturday’s card. For example, Li Jingliang remained completely untattooed, even ink lover Israel Adesanya did not add new decorations to his body. All of them were apparently consumed by Hooker.
He has changed significantly before the fight, but he will want to keep one thing. A successful series of wins, which he holds for the second year.
A duel awaits Dan with the Pole Gamrot, the fifth division. A possible win can shoot him really high. “I love that sexy number he has next to his name. That’s what I’m going for. They’re going to have to fight me if I win. It’s going to change the direction a lot. A lot of big names in the division are coming back from losses, Oliveira, Poirier, Gaethje, Chandler – all those guys are going to want something that I have, which is a three-game winning streak,” Hooker believed ahead of the tough test.
Subsequently, he also added that if his performance is attractive enough, he can also get a title shot. “If you want to be next in line, you have to win. What now, Arman (Tsarukyan) is next in line? Who’s next? The title fight is booked, who’s next? The winner of this weekend’s fight is next.”
How will Hooker do? He will decide on that at the weekend.