In a real war that came to the decisions of the judges, Dustin Poirier slowed the rise of Dan Hooker in the stellar of UFC Fight Night Las Vegas 4.
Hooker, number five in the standings, had his best moments in the first two rounds, where he was able to hurt the ex-interim champion using his good boxing and long range for what is the lightweight division.
Just like in your war with Justin GaethjePoirier knew how to absorb punishment and not slow down by exerting pressure throughout the five rounds.
Although the exchanges did nothing but show that both fighters are very resilient – this was already made clear in Hooker’s loss against Edson Barboza – There was also flush action with the New Zealander achieving one or another takedown and Poirier with guillotine attempts.
2 – 2 entering the fifth round, a worn out Poirier looked for a winning hand that never came, but what was enough for him was defending the three knockdowns with which Hooker wanted to score to take the fight.
Ultimately, Poirier was named the winner by unanimous failure, thereby improving his record over the octagon to 18-5 – (1).
The member of American Top Team came from being subdued by Khabib Nurmagomedov in a unifying fight that spearheaded UFC 242 almost a year ago in Abu Dhabi.
Hooker, meanwhile, suffers his second loss since his return to 155 pounds in 2017.
The Oceanic came to this stellar streak of three wins in a row to surpass names like Paul fields, Al Iaquinta and James Vick.
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