Dan Hooker was looking to score some revenge against Michael Chandler.
Since the 34 year-old “Hangman” is unlikely to avenge his UFC 257 loss to the former Bellator MMA lightweight champion, the next best thing is to steal his red panty night against the biggest draw in the sport, former two-division champion Conor McGregor.
Hooker called for “Notorious” after beating Mateusz Gamrot at UFC 305 last weekend in Perth.
“How you like me now? Woo! Grapple these nuts!” Hooker shouted after the fight. “I don’t think I fought that well but hey bubba, you get in a fight and get your hand raised, that’s all that counts. Look at me now! I want them all brother! I want the BMF, I want Conor McGregor, I want a title eliminator, I want everything brother! I want it all Sean [Shelby], I want it all Hunter [Campbell]!”
McGregor has been keeping Chandler on the sidelines since late 2022, thanks to a never-ending series of injuries, delays, and setbacks. Their “Ultimate Fighter” payoff is now rumored for later this year, presumably at UFC 309 in Las Vegas, though nothing is official at this time.
“I didn’t necessarily call him out, I just said like, because I am absolute troll, so it’s like the biggest troll move you could do of all time is to snake that fight off Chandler,” Hooker told The Mac Life. “Like he waits all that time and then Conor just fights me anyway, like that would be gold. Like, I would feel like the biggest snake troll of all time. I would get my black belt in trolling.”
Maybe he can have his belt presented by Master Henry Cejudo.