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Chase Hooper Intends To Follow “The O’Malley Approach” To UFC Rise

UFC featherweight prospect Chase Hooper wants a slow and steady rise up the rankings, similar to that of bantamweight Sean O’Malley. Hooper got back in the win column on the UFC Vegas 55 prelims, earning a late TKO finish of Felipe Colares. He returned to the Octagon following a nearly one-year hiatus and losses in…

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UFC featherweight prospect Chase Hooper wants a slow and steady rise up the rankings, similar to that of bantamweight Sean O’Malley.

Hooper got back in the win column on the UFC Vegas 55 prelims, earning a late TKO finish of Felipe Colares. He returned to the Octagon following a nearly one-year hiatus and losses in two of his previous three fights.

Hooper has fought a slew of fellow prospects during his young UFC career, and he intends to stay on this current path for a while. O’Malley has recently been praised for his methodical approach to his strength of schedule when it comes to his opponents and activity.

During his UFC Vegas 55 post-fight press conference, Hooper explained why he isn’t in a rush to be thrown into fights with bigger names in the featherweight division.

“I’ve never been one to call people out,” Hooper said. “The O’Malley approach is always a great one. Fight the lowest-ranked guy for the most amount of money on the highest spot on the card. I’m just gonna go back, look at the things I did well this fight, look at the things I need to improve on.

“The past 11 months I haven’t just been training for this fight, I’ve been training for the rest of my career. I’ve been training to be good enough for the next 3, 4, 5 fights. So it’s just about continuing to make those improvements and waiting for that call from the UFC.

“Hopefully I impressed the only three people that matter in this sport right now. Dana White, Sean Shelby, Mick Maynard. Those are the guys who keep my bills paid and allow me to live this lifestyle that I do. So, hopefully, they’re impressed.”

Hooper, at 22 years old, is one of the youngest fighters in the UFC. He made his UFC debut against Daniel Teymur at UFC 245 after a win on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2018.

Hooper has plenty of time to develop and eventually face top names in the featherweight division.

As for O’Malley, he’ll face arguably the toughest challenge of his UFC career at UFC 276 against ranked contender Pedro Munhoz.

Do you agree with Chase Hooper’s approach?

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UFC Vegas 55 Performance Bonus Winners

UFC middleweight Chidi Njokuani earned his second straight post-fight bonus with an elbow strike knockout over Dusko Todorovic at UFC Vegas 55. Njokuani fought off a series of Todorovic takedown attempts to get the fight back to the feet. A well-renowned kickboxer, he was able to move Todorovic to the clinch before landing a right…

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UFC middleweight Chidi Njokuani earned his second straight post-fight bonus with an elbow strike knockout over Dusko Todorovic at UFC Vegas 55.

Njokuani fought off a series of Todorovic takedown attempts to get the fight back to the feet. A well-renowned kickboxer, he was able to move Todorovic to the clinch before landing a right elbow strike that sent Todorovic unconscious.

Check out Njokuani’s finish below.

Earlier this year, Njokuani earned another performance bonus for his TKO over Marc-Andre Barriault in his UFC debut. He earned a shot in the UFC following an up-and-down tenure in Bellator, followed by a win on Dana White’s Contender Series.

Njokuani wasn’t the only one who cashed in after scoring a big finish. Featherweight prospect Chase Hooper got back on track in his UFC career with a third-round TKO win over Felipe Colares on the prelims.

Hooper had been away from the Octagon for nearly a year since his loss to Steven Peterson at UFC 263. The 22-year-old showed massive improvements with his striking after being well-known for years as a grappling-first athlete.

In the UFC Vegas 55 co-main event, welterweights Santiago Ponzinibbio and Michel Pereira put on a three-round war at the UFC Apex. After 15 minutes of action, Pereira earned a split decision to win his fifth straight fight.

The bout earned ‘Fight of the Night’ with both Pereira and Ponzinibbio earning an extra $50k each.

Pereira has picked up wins over the likes of Niko Price, Khaos Williams, and Andre Fialho since losing two of his first three UFC fights.

The UFC Vegas 55 main event featured a split-decision win for Ketlen Vieira over former bantamweight champion Holly Holm.

What are your thoughts on Chidi Njokuani and the rest of the UFC Vegas 55 performance bonus winners?

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Hooper: Fear Of Cultural Appropriation Prevented Colares From Tapping

Heading into his fight with Felipe Corales at UFC Vegas 55, featherweight Chase Hooper knew that a submission victory was likely off the table. Following his third round TKO win against Corales, Hooper was asked during his UFC Vegas 55 post-fight scrum if there had been any submissions attempts where he felt close to finishing…

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Heading into his fight with Felipe Corales at UFC Vegas 55, featherweight Chase Hooper knew that a submission victory was likely off the table.

Following his third round TKO win against Corales, Hooper was asked during his UFC Vegas 55 post-fight scrum if there had been any submissions attempts where he felt close to finishing the fight.

“That one D’arce a little bit, for a second,” Hooper responded. “Then I was like ‘Ahh, it’s not quite where I want it to be; it’s towards the end of the round.’ You can hear him gargling a little bit, but then that angle changed. And I was like ‘it’s not quite there.’”

The 22-year-old has been working hard to improve his striking but is most comfortable on the mat. Of his ten pro wins coming into this fight, five were by submission. Despite his skills as a grappler, Hooper’s coach made sure to let “The Dream” know that he shouldn’t expect to snatch a submission win against Corales.

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“My coach actually told me between rounds and he was telling me before the fight. But it’s so hard to break of like, ‘Stop going for submissions.’

“With this guy, he’s Brazilian. He’s not gonna want you to sub him out. He’s not gonna want some little American white kid to take his sport, his Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He’s not gonna let me sub him, which was an excellent adjustment for my coach to have me do and I shifted to going for more of the TKO.”

While Hooper did grapple effectively throughout the fight and looked for several submissions, his coach must have been satisfied when “The Dream” finally earned the TKO victory in the third round.

This matchup with Corales was Hooper’s first fight in close to a year following a unanimous decision loss to Steven Peterson at UFC 263. The 22-year-old featherweight is now 11-2-1 overall and 3-2 in the UFC, with all three of those wins coming via stoppage.

What do you think of Hooper’s comments about why he couldn’t submit Felipe Corales?

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Fighters React To Chase Hooper’s TKO Win At UFC Vegas 55

UFC featherweight prospect Chase Hooper showed the progress he’s made after nearly a year away from the Octagon with a win at UFC Vegas 55. Hooper put on an impressive performance against Felipe Colares on the UFC Vegas 55 prelims. After smothering Colares with his grappling, he finished the fight with vicious ground-and-pound strikes to…

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UFC featherweight prospect Chase Hooper showed the progress he’s made after nearly a year away from the Octagon with a win at UFC Vegas 55.

Hooper put on an impressive performance against Felipe Colares on the UFC Vegas 55 prelims. After smothering Colares with his grappling, he finished the fight with vicious ground-and-pound strikes to earn the victory.

Hooper has now won two of his last three fights after dropping a unanimous decision to Alex Caceres in his first UFC loss at UFC 250. He won his debut over Daniel Teymur with a first-round TKO.

Following Hooper’s win, his UFC colleagues had plenty to say about his return to the Octagon.

Hooper has always been known as a grappler-first competitor, but he also showcased some impressive striking in his win over Colares. He was able to wear Colares down and eventually get the finish with ground strikes.

Hooper will look to continue his run in the Octagon later this year.

UFC Vegas 55 is headlined by a women’s bantamweight matchup between former champion Holly Holm and Ketlen Vieira.

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Chase Hooper Stops Felipe Colares With Ground Strikes Flurry – UFC Vegas 55 Highlights

Chase Hooper22-year-old featherweight division prospect, Chase Hooper has rebounded from his unanimous decision loss to Steven Peterson — besting Felipe Colares and becoming the first to finish his fellow 145lber with a slew of third round ground strikes in a back-and-forth UFC Vegas 55 preliminary card showdown. Hooper, who entered tonight’s clash with Colares boasting a […]

Chase Hooper

22-year-old featherweight division prospect, Chase Hooper has rebounded from his unanimous decision loss to Steven Peterson — besting Felipe Colares and becoming the first to finish his fellow 145lber with a slew of third round ground strikes in a back-and-forth UFC Vegas 55 preliminary card showdown.

Hooper, who entered tonight’s clash with Colares boasting a 2-2 promotional record, managed to strike it rich this time round, displaying his improved striking and finishing ability to stop his opponent at the three minute mark of the third frame.

Demonstrating his ever-present and dangerous grappling game from his back, Hooper took Colares’ back during a scramble before eventually landing the victory, forcing the latter to belly out and defend an onslaught of ground strikes from the top. With the victory Hooper adds Colares to prior UFC victories opposite Peter Barrett, and Daniel Teymur.

Below, catch the highlights from Chase Hooper’s third round win over Felipe Colares

Chase Hooper Mocks YouTube’s ‘Self Defense Guy’ Hilariously

Chase HooperUFC featherweight Chase Hooper is quickly becoming a fan favorite, and his stock has risen with a recent hilarious skit on his Twitter page. Hooper posted a skit in which he posts a mock self-defense demonstration, an ode to the YouTube famous ‘self defense guy’ who quickly went viral after posting a self-defense clinic involving […]

Chase Hooper

UFC featherweight Chase Hooper is quickly becoming a fan favorite, and his stock has risen with a recent hilarious skit on his Twitter page.

Hooper posted a skit in which he posts a mock self-defense demonstration, an ode to the YouTube famous ‘self defense guy’ who quickly went viral after posting a self-defense clinic involving a keychain. The original video has over 40 million views.

In what looks to be his MMA gym, Hooper shows viewers how to, or how to not, stop an assailant who has a gun pointed at you.

Hooper’s technique could actually prove effective, but it would result in the loss of your valuables and possibly a vital organ.

Chase Hooper Has Won The Internet Once Again

This isn’t the first time that Hooper has posted hilarious content, and will surely not be the last. Shortly after Jorge Masvidal’s knockout over Ben Askren, Hooper confronted Masvidal and jokingly said that Masvidal assaulted his Dad. Hooper and Askren share a striking resemblance in which they have openly poked fun for years.

Hooper has had a bit of an up-and-down start to his UFC career. He garnered the attention of UFC president Dana White after an impressive win on Dana White’s Contender Series. At the time, Hooper was just 18 years old, and White and the UFC brass felt Hooper needed more experience.

Hooper would eventually make his UFC debut at UFC 245 against Daniel Teymur, earning a first-round TKO win. He would go on to trade wins and loses against the likes of veteran Alex Caceres and Steven Peterson.

Hooper doesn’t have a fight lined up as of right now but is expecting a return to the octagon in early 2022. In the meantime, he’s enjoying his time off entertaining us on social media.

What are your thoughts on the hilarious Chase Hooper skit?