Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-06-27, good fight between Dustin Poirier and Dan Hooker: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night). Moreover this match was ranked in the ‘Top 10 Mma Fights of the Year 2020‘ (ranking generated by our users).
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former interim Ufc Lw champion Dustin Poirier entered this fight with a professional mma record of 25-6-0 (76% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 lightweight in the world but he comes off the loss against current #1 Lw Ufc champ Khabib Nurmagomedov (Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Dustin Poirier); before this bout he had beat Max Holloway (Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier 2) and Eddie Alvarez (Eddie Alvarez vs Dustin Poirier 2).
His opponent, Dan Hooker, has an official record of 20-8-0 (85% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. He lost to Edson Barboza in 2018 (Edson Barboza vs Dan Hooker) but then he has beat James Vick (Dan Hooker vs James Vick), Al Iaquinta (Al Iaquinta vs Dan Hooker) and Paul Felder (Paul Felder vs Dan Hooker). Poirier vs Hooker is the main event of UFC on ESPN 12. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC on ESPN 12: Poirier vs. Hooker
Date: 2020-06-27
Where: Ufc Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Division: lightweight (155 lbs, 70 kg)
Hooker’s next fight: Michael Chandler vs Dan Hooker
Poirier’s next fight: Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier 2
Poirier vs Hooker Fight Video:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Q0bRwcJ4Y
OFFICIAL VIDEO
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Dustin showed his Championship pedigree imo. My goodness is the lightweight division stacked! Fighters like dustin would easily be the champion in other weight divisions. Much respect to Dan Hooker too. A rematch would be great.