#UFC299 Pelea Gratis: Poirier vs Hooker

very good gentlemen we have gone over the rules protect yourselves at all times follow my instructions we will keep it clean touch the gloves let's do it the tension of a UFC Main Event there is simply nothing like it in all of professional sports Dan Hooker more 200 close Brooklyn R starting the first round him he's the underdog tonight against 240 favorite Dustin by porier from Southpaw Stan is in black Hooker will change stance he's in gray good body kick right away the bat, yeah, they exchanged hard kicks early, there's that knee, he just threw it , just let Dustin know, hey, be careful, buddy, you're coming within my reach, you're going to eat one of these, yeah, Poier recognized that right knee as the

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's best weapon with us. on Thursday, Hooker with an early L with the left hand, partial block by Porier, yes, that left hand is a very dangerous weapon from Dan Hooker, taking out several guys and that doubles very well and goes to the body, goes to the head, so more poier.

He has to be careful, but Poier is one of those guys who always does his homework, he knows what awaits him here. Notice that the Hooker moves to the weak side, the outside leg earlier, always circles to the left and then when he decides to go to the right. he throws the T-kick to the body that also hides the right knee, so he uses his right leg to hide that right knee. Big left hand by porier there, but Hooker is setting things up by throwing other things to hide the big guns later in this fight. I think well, Hook has already landed two low C kicks and they are one of his good weapons.

That left hook found Poier's 33rd home professional fight. He never lost to Straight. He underwent fairly invasive hip surgery after the fight with Khabib last year. Due to a microfracture, his femur was also torn, but he is in good health after the 9-month break coming tonight. H looks so soft here, there he is again, he felt that it really hurt him a lot thinking about all the success at featherweight. for these two guys, given how big Hooker at least looks at lightweight, he got it right in the cup P says it's all good, yeah, that's what the cop does in the first round, you don't want to take a break, oh, there it is again, it's two in one. row like, come on buddy, listen to bis, did you hear poier say, listen to bis, he's a smart guy.

I mean, people should live their lives with that big MTO hook and see what hooks those hooks are landing for Hooker and he's good for you to throw. back too, that's what threatens him is that he will move forward with it to get to Porier's weak side and he can also move back with that check hook, a nice body kick from Dustin after Hooker attacked that front leg of Porier. again, good connection up top by the

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, just a good read for the transition of that left hook, this is how you managed to beat a southpaw, you lead with the hook and you lead with the left hand, this is what Po has to do now that he's on the inside, he's got the double hooks underneath, he's got the body lock, they try to get him to the ground any way he can, he'll stay in the pocket, he'll stay in range, keep him against the fence, minimize the movement of Dan Hooker and then go to work. with his own shots in the boxing arena and in our conversation with him on Thursday it was expected that Poier was trying to get him to the fence and potentially take him down able to avoid that fate here early.

He listens, they know how to drill. City boxing kit defense look at arisna everyone says oh Adisa just an easy takedown boxer his takedown defense has been pretty perfect in the UFC and Dan Hoger too oh good kick and Porier doubles that body kick Edson Barosa the the only man who beat Dan Hooker in this historic lightweight, great crack by Porier Big Shot, awesome body kick and then he keeps going, look at that great work, separates the clinch, gets the CL draw, nice elbow, elbow drops, but Hooker comes with the body. hookers shots in the pressure looking for that knee look at that nice inventive stick and move for porier again this is fun he stays right in the pocket there with poier and just says let's do this and then he throws his knees and elbows in that pocket to mix it up, good job by the hooker making those adjustments it was so calm there were bigger landing shots but the facial expressions calmed down oh boom he shot but he landed a good shot yeah fighting like a guy who's been to eight main events of UFC.

There are less than 30 seconds left for the first round that Body Works adds for the hooker. He keeps throwing hooks to Poier's body. Porier goes with that kick. Nice left hand. Yes, the left country is there. Beautiful work by Poier. Po's hands look fast early tonight. Hooker keeps him at bay with a perfect jab and hard right hand work over the top for Dustin. Great start to a great fight. Well, let's take a look at some of the action. There's a nice left hand from Hooker Poer. He eats it well. There's that right hand. on the inside here some creativity from Dustin po I like that the exchange exploded 30 seconds there, it was really nice work, all good, two hooks open with a body attack and now a good jab.

I like how he keeps kicking that inside leg. because that takes away the base so that Porier can't shoot his left hand and there it is there and look at the variety too that P throws and receives shots Landing these are big shots oh, it has to hurt a little, I mean those are big shots, oh, trading big stuff from H, now he comes back, they're both ready to go all out, look at this, he catches the knee and knocks down a big defense from Hooker, here's the whizard, he's got his feet parallel to the fence so he can defend this and body lock by poier here oh nice good instincts there by by so creative you know he's okay, okay, I can't take him down, but I see your face and I have a hand to oh, so bitch is going to want to move there is that is what you have to do to get out move that left leg wash the knee was oh wow huge elbow as part of that exchange outside porier pretty bitch knee poier comes out now bitch to the body in this here it comes soon in the pocket exchange, I mean , fight with Booth, this is incredible, look at your neck, Dustin is good under the hookers of the hooker here, pick it up, turn it, see if they stay in the pocket here, if they separate, it seemed like he was too far from a knee, so he had his toe reset a bit by poier, has thrown up a lot of potential fights.

Enders, that bitch is devoured, yeah, this is a crazy pace they're keeping right now. I mean, it hasn't even been a full two minutes and they've thrown a ton of punches this round and taken a ton of damage too. Can they continue like this? As we said down the road just when he's in range like this, this is where Hooker has a lot of power. Success when Poier can come in and fight and you know, technically fighting is when he's successful and what I love is every time Hooker throws him off, you see you just punch him and shoot something at him now that you're watching it. just keep moving forward and applying pressure if you just eat the bitch's shots and don't respond he'll keep adding them adding them well one two for the hook both guys landing power shots largely at will both landing at a serious 68% oh I mean, both guys are already exhausted and I'm not surprised because they are throwing with 100% effort on every shot, looking for the knockout every time, a nice lead elbow, the hooker certainly uses it, but it stays.

Tough, I mean these two guys have completely thrown caution to the wind and they're just shooting at each other and they're not really playing it safe, they're just sitting in the phone booth and they're fighting and porier they just recognize that hit from a good whore body. He kicks three good punches for Dustin and now it's Dan Hooker's turn, it's like back and forth, one guy has like 30 seconds where I'm going to hit you and then he changes positions trying to take both guys' heads off. bleeding from the eyes and continuing to shoot at each other, it's unbelievable, he's definitely trying to take her head off less than 90 seconds into the second round.

No one has really been able to achieve this stay in the boxing ranks with Hooker this long, right? look how much he's adding up to the punches coming in with the pressure oh, gotta see that nice left hand from Hooker. I was about to say it looks like Dusty is taking control and then just as I say here's Hooker returning a nice body shot. he was very close to the knee. Dustin has to be careful, they will get overconfident when the momentum shifts in his direction, he gets a little reckless and he has to be careful because he will walk into a giant the same way that hooker throws that body. he fired that left hook, he's setting up that left, that one over there, it's so good we saw it land on Gilbert Burns and look, look at his porier shin from eating that kick all night on the inside, I mean, it's really swollen and now he's starting to check it out and see it and shoot up the middle every time Hooker throws it well, so pretty Hooker goes to the body, nice takedown.

I mean, how Dustin stayed on his feet is beyond me, it's just that that takedown attempt was enough to create a little time so PO wouldn't have to keep eating those shots, that was a good attempt to take him down on his own. to buy some time to give him the lifeline, but those body shots now with a counter, oh my God, look at this, oh. OMG in real trouble wow one of the best rounds of 2020 unless you like defense I mean great fight here but look at the exchanges here good body shots with an uppercut and he keeps doing hooks, body shots, uppercuts, body shots, it's a lot of fun to watch. and then you see by with a counter on the left, I mean these guys just say, you know what you hit me, I'll hit you, you hit me, I'll hit you and let's let the world see it because it's amazing to see. the toughness of these gentlemen, so it seems that we are not exaggerating the potential of this Lightweight Main Event, yes, I mean, come on, this is, in recent memory, the best fight I have ever seen in my life because it is incredible, I like how he said decent memory yeah but every fight I see how good he is this is the best fight I've ever seen so it's a nasty cut on Dan Hooker's right eyelid and it's not in one location optimal.

I don't think we are. There's still three rounds left, yeah that's a long time, especially the way these guys are fighting, they can't keep going like this, someone's going to go down, yeah, someone's going to get out of here, that's how these two guys are fighting to finish with you, a bit beautifully done. to the body by Porier, that was nice, he faked the left high kick and came with a one, two, I mean, he just missed that right hand, yeah, the right hook just missed a good count. Hooker went five tough rounds with Paul Felder in his first UFC Main Event in February eats a right hand, thought this fight might happen at noon was happy to have extra time here to prepare for a late Jun hooker with the hand left above.

I mean, both guys are starting to breathe heavily, it looks like Hook is slowing down. a little bit, which is understandable, this has been a crazy pace, both guys took a lot of Dage, it would be almost inhuman not to slow down a little after those first two rounds, but they look like this, I mean the accuracy of cor, he always lands on these shots he doesn't miss very often when he shoots he lands yes no of course when you get hit like this on both sides it will slow you down I mean it's like imagining you're a runner you know you're a runner , they time you to run 400m, it takes a certain amount of time and then you beat the shit out of it, so I guarantee they'll make it a little bit slower, right?

And you recently saw interim champion Justin Gatei Chim just alluding to Championship Hunger, this fight is a byproduct of a lot of things, but these guys want good, this fight is also about who is potentially the next contender, because you only have Gage , you're going to fight Khabib and then to the top, you know, I mean it's there, this is one of To's best weapons, it's this guillotine, it's sucking too. Tighter and tighter, that's real tight, looks like I could have these guys, so get out, hook up, beautiful work, bitch, just get in. his exit triangle attempt was very close and you know that's what happens as you go through the rounds, we start to get slippery things that are in, slide out, he has that hook on the left side of his knee, here the triangle is the triangle you are looking for. trying to get the leg past the arm, therefore you can get the leg over the neck.

Hooker definitely knows the triangle is coming. He takes his right arm out from there. He removes that option. For goes to the other side. The hook tries on the other side. A nice short elbow. Since Porier had a similar submission attempt against Kab M Medov last September he came pretty close to the armbar.I mean, he's very active in this from down in his guard, right here, he's cutting his elbows and he's not sitting here waiting, he's trying. to create something from the bottom, no, you're being very aggressive, Dr. SP, you're trying to set up a lot of presentations here, but I always say two, three sub tries and then if you don't have time to get up, you know what I do?

I say this because if this is a close round, everyone has been close, but if he stays on his back for most of this round, he will probably lose the round and how about the hooker's intelligence to go for the tackles? guys were trading back and forth, let's get that out of the way, let me do this round, let me try to get some ground control and just not take as much damage as I did in the third fourth round and that's a smart move by Hooker here to fight like This I think was Dustin. What I just said was the moment taking advantage of the fact that there's no crowd and now he's trying to get back on his feet trying to walk up the wall, he's going to oh he's trying to look for the neck again, he's digging for it, that might give him some room to get up, get up, he's gotta watch his back, good job, use that to get up nice, kneel there, for the hooker on the way, short shot, lands for Dustin and that's what you always talked about, using a submission, an attempt to get to your feet, oh, those landed hard, an incredible fight as we went into the final stretch of the third round.

I don't know how these guys are still standing. I think there are a lot of people watching this who can't relate the heart, the physical and the mental at all. toughness, I mean, Dan Hooker has taken some exceptionally hard hits and so has Dustin Po. I think you have to go to the body with these guys. What is the hope of going to the head? I mean, they're just eating everything, look at their faces for 15 minutes. in the next few rounds of the can Main Event, oh my god okay, another incredibly action packed round, there's a nice JB from Dustin, left hand finds the mark and to be honest it was like that from start to finish, but here's Dan Hooker surprises him with the double leg, of course, Dustin goes for the same guillotine he tried on Khabib and then threw up a variety of submissions, finally getting to his feet and then they go back to doing what they did the entire fight , hitting each one. another one yeah you saw Eugene bman in Dan Hooker's corner as we showed you the chart there hookers mixed it up nicely porier very much a headhunter tonight but he's landing at a 67% clip.

I mentioned Eugene bman, he doesn't want to. being heard in that corner, keeps everything close to the vest, but you heard him say that you have to be disciplined, so look a little more, yes, that's right and certainly now in the fourth round, when you are defeated, you are tired. You're injured, you're covered in cuts and blood, it's easy, you know, you lose discipline, you lose focus and you just start fighting and swinging, it's like you can't control your emotions, we came here with a game plan, let's stick with it . cleanly for porier hooker with a beautiful counter with his Jack oh beautiful work pop p keeping the pressure not brought down by hooker there that was a good decision there very good decision but wisely made by po on this occasion he stood up straight away but of course , when we see Hooker like: "I don't care if you're back on your feet.

I'm still going to try to choke him. I'll stay on my hands. He'll probably walk with his right leg toward the fence. I turn to try to take Hooker out. He sees po , two hands on the mat goes for a change here very well, well, when poier needs those defensive bursts, they are there for him, coming up in three minutes for the fourth round, well, I think the game plan for Hooker is very evident here, changed. up, go for a takedown, sorry D, we're seeing Porier going for guillotines now instead of defending all the takedowns, so sometimes he abandons the takedown trying to get the guillotine, yeah, and now comes back to try to even the score on those takedowns. downs and there's not much resistance from Hooker as Porier punishes him, he's trying to pull that hand and then that will force him well, it'll allow Poier to put him on his back, he's trying to get him on his back as of now, he's posting . on that side but when Hooker gets up he has to be careful not to turn his back because Po has mounted him now Po wants to keep his head higher there he is and Hooker here keeps turning his back on him.

I will maintain control because Hook is going to turn his back here he has to be careful look at this now he has control of the hand now this is B Amazing job by porier to control the hands and maintain this position that he is pressing, it is going to be a lot of work for Hooker to get out of this. This could be an end to come here, guys, because Poier is an expert at this position. He has the grip advantage. Hooker has to get that left leg out of there. That's what's keeping him down right now. he has that's why he can't stand up he needs that left leg oh he's going to slide he's going to use those hooks to try to stay upright but it's hard he switches to a triangle arm bar he's not all the way in but he's switching to it he has to keep that thumb down, I mean let's go into this fight, he might switch to a triangle here if he can get that left leg out of there, he really gets the angle on the armbar there, he's got to turn that thumb down, he still has it . you're trying, you're trying, you're trying to get over the house, small step, yeah, now from here you have the option to go back to the arm bar or go to the triangle, let's see what you use or you can just turn this on here, that's what that is, that's what we do. seeing right now he's spinning that with his right leg he can kick forward that will move Hooker forward and allow Dustin to sit up more if he wants and then he can take his right arm and put it on Hooker's back or just H .him, it's just a nice little chess match here, less than a minute left in the round, this is what high level mixed martial arts is all about, two guys in their fighting prime, the prostitute she seemed pretty deflated a moment ago, but maybe she'll get a little bit of that victory. back we'll see him go for GU again and now it's like he's got full guard, it's very hard to get out of this if that lock is there and it catches, you know it's slippery and he's just sliding it over the top.

The guard is the best way to keep that down, but if that head is slippery it's hard to hold this team and listening at the end of the round with 20 seconds left is not a bad idea. 4 minutes left. 3 minutes left. I would say not. but 20 seconds, hey, go ahead, maybe you'll make it, it's four rounds, those judges have a thankless job, right? Oh, my word, I'm fine, I would never be judging, but I'm glad I don't. Yes, we see here that the jab lands and then follows it up, another jab, a good body kick from the hooker here and another body kick timed with a takedown for the hooker.

The hooker uses a lot of strategies in this set in this last fourth round and now Look, he has to keep that thumb locked in there, but it's because he doesn't. Hooker can change it. He spins his hand, get out of there and it turns into a Silver attempt and how about Dustin Poer's corner, are you having fun? yeah I'm having a lot of fun, best line ever in the fifth and final round, we'll see who emerges as the genuine lightweight contender here, the numbers are pretty even, porier's accuracy is absurd, 72% on these punches significant so far, I mean, at At this point, I would say it seems difficult to judge.

It's pretty even fighting from one side to the other. We'll see who wants it in this fifth round, wouldn't you say Mike? Yeah, I'm not sure I did. I've been scoring round by round, but I'd say it's probably 22. It feels like it's even right now. Both guys were very successful and both were able to finish. Both are injured. Both tired. Both beaten. Covered in blood. cuts and bruises, but there is no way to quit, the desire to win has not diminished at all. Nice left hand for 48, yeah if we look here at the first round for Hooker, the second round for H and then two big rounds for po two2, I would say it all comes down to this fifth round right here this title this is the championship round that's why they have a lot of speed Shar did it all before you've done it all before it's mental to take the shot bring the shot the fucker trying to pick his spots he already has a better career in the takedown in UFC 3 for sure, yeah, po was smart on the takedown attempt there and he says no her i'm fine come on sometimes it looks tired if you see your opponent so tight that you don't want to stop even if he is. groin punch like no I'm fine, there's that stronger jab on Point again, he has to put something behind it, though Jabs find the target, throw the left hand and do some combos.

The same goes for the hooker. I mean, what I'm seeing, the big difference in the fifth round is just the defense. I mean, P's defense looks a little better, he's not eating as many, yeah, just because of a little big left hand a moment ago from Dan Hooker, oh yeah, that one. wounded, very well defended, poier looking so good in this matchup also in the last two minutes and A2, oh, double left hand, such a good bitch, largely unrecognizable at the end of this fight, now going for the guillotine or defending and defend this time, need to defend, oh. and he doesn't make a great late tackle for the hooker.

It is the fourth of the fight. He also did not defend or guillotine and is trying to get the guillotine. This might give you a chance to stand up. Yes, he's going to push his head down. on the right side and tried to suck in his legs and get back to his feet, which is exactly what he tried and he didn't leave his back, but unfortunately he did, that's the risk of that maneuver, ingenuity searched again and look at that. How nice, I mean, that's a lot of skill, oh, good connection from Porier Hooker on a takedown, well defended.

I thought he was going to jump towards the guillotine again. Smart move by Pory. I think he'll just defend right now. He has tested that equipment. The team three times abandoned the takedown now he's defending, he's got the magician here who's going to push that head down, yeah, he turns the other way, now Dustin hears it, the telltale hook to turn off and release the double leg hold . The problem is that no crowd is aware of it and is again looking for that neck in the last minute of this epic lightweight main event apparently no one fights here late oh nice short hook from Porier TY clinches here for Dan clinches well, he threw it and fired back the last big huge shot, oh that guillotine really created an opportunity, but he's trying to take advantage of it right now.

He moves that neck and make him miserable in this top position hanging over the hooker, he has 15 seconds so he just has to play with that left hand. he hits some shots, scores some points and sends the message to Judes and Poier, finishing this fight very, very strong. I mean, these guys stand up and cheer for that fight. I think I speak for all the fans around the world when we congratulate Dustin Porier and Dan Hooker Porier dancing around the octagon seems to be the much fresher fighter in my eyes Dom over the last 10, yeah I mean he looked like a champion tonight, he looked like a champion tonight, he came in, he finished that fifth round strong and he responded every time Hooker landed on him and Hooker, you know, Hooker looked like a champion too, it's just that he ate a little more than Porier in that one. fifth round, yes, I was going to say both guys looked absolutely exceptional, non-stop action from start to finish, my word.

To be honest, I didn't think we would see a decision because the way they beat each other with the ferocity and frequency, I mean, I take my hat off to these two guys, okay, we'll remember it, Michael, okay. Here we go, I mean he started out off the hook, he was doing very, very well. Get some good clean shots. Getting those cve kicks definitely looked like, you know, the guy who was having more success, but then the second round was kind of similar, but the tide was starting to turn, Dustin. Poier put together some great boxing combinations coming in but of course Hooker closed him down, worked the body, went up high body body head body body head and then of course Dustin answered the PA of them just trading blows back and forth for the For a full 25 minutes here we see Hooker going to town Dustin taking those shots and firing back D in the third round I mean if we look at po he's landing they're both landing back and forth trading here same poier's left hand, but really what it was.

What happens is you hit me, I hit you and then we started seeing Hooker's takedowns and he was trying to create another combination of tactics there but Poier was able to respond perfectly and threatens some guillotines to get back to his feet every time. they knock down and immediately you see that he begins toapplying pressure again, Hooker goes for another PO takedown and PO is able to get back to his feet and start doing damage and in the fifth round, sorry, Hooker came out looking for the Tak Down and Dustin did a good job. job of being disciplined and not jumping on his back and looking for the guillotine both guys competing for dominance Hitting big shots I know Bruce Buffer has the cards here's the benefit with the official decision ladies and gentlemen after five rounds we're going to score the judges cards by decision the judges score the contest 4847 4847 and 4846 for the winner by unanimous decision Dustin the Diamond for