The second-ranked UFC lightweight, Russian Arman Tsarukyan, spoke about his personal attitude towards the sixth-ranked UFC fighter in the 70 kg category, New Zealander Dan Hooker. Their fight will take place on November 22 at the UFC event in Qatar.
“I don’t like Hooker as a person. I think he’s rotten, I just want to punch him in the face. And I will try my best to channel those emotions into the fight, inside the cage. So that there are no incidents before the fight. I don’t like him. He’s one of those fighters I don’t like—who talks a lot but in reality is all talk. We were supposed to fight back in June.
Hooker is one of those who really stands out. Talks a lot. Well, of course, Ilia. I want to fight Ilia, take the title, and send him into retirement. It’s a sporting interest because he has the belt. A good name. I have nothing personal against him,” Tsarukyan said in an interview with “Championat” correspondent Sergey Sorokin.