Dan Hooker already has a plan to beat Ilia Topuria.
Getting into the co-main event spotlight this Saturday in The Land Down Underneath, ‘Hangman’ will go toe-to-toe with Benoit Saint-Denis at UFC 325.
Already sitting because the light-weight division’s fifth-ranked contender, a win over the ‘God of Battle’ may put Hooker in line for a shot at reigning titleholder Ilia Topuria — as soon as he handles some enterprise with newly minted interim champion Justin Gaethje first.
Throughout a current interview with Submission Radio, Hooker laid out his quite simple path to defeating Topuria.
Somebody requested me in an interview the opposite day, they usually have been like, ‘How do you beat Ilia Topuria proper now?’ And I simply mentioned, ‘Father time.’ I mentioned, ‘You give it sufficient time. You roll the cube for lengthy sufficient, and that’s it. Nobody’s one of the best ceaselessly. It’s extraordinarily momentary.’
“However whereas these two guys are streaking they usually’re of their bodily prime and the momentum’s there, like that’s the combat that we need to see.”
Dan Hooker seems to be to get again into the win column in opposition to Saint-Denis
However earlier than Hooker may even contemplate a combat with Topuria, he’ll must get by way of the always-dangerous Saint-Denis.
In his final outing, Hooker came up short in opposition to the division’s top-ranked contender, Arman Tsarukyan, in November. Earlier than that, ‘Hangman’ was using a three-fight win streak.
In the meantime, Saint-Denis walks into UFC 325 having completed his final three opponents, together with an insane 16-second knockout of Beneil Dariush late final yr.
