Although putting up one hell of a fight, Dan Hooker lost out to champ Dustin Poirier in a unanimous decision.
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NewsHooker ready for biggest fight in UFC career
Dan 'Hangman' Hooker takes on third-ranked UFC lightweight, "The Diamond" Dustin Poirier this Sunday.
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Dan Hooker to headline next UFC event in Las Vegas
Dan 'The Hangman' Hooker (Ngāti Maniapoto) has confirmed his next fight against former interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier. Headlining his second UFC Fight Night card, Hooker will take on Poirier at UFC Apex in Las Vegas on June 28 (NZDT).
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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gets a Te Reo Māori makeover in new online tutorial series
A series of te reo Māori Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) tutorials featuring rising national and international athlete Hakaraia Wilson has been launched online today.
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“It's really unsettling,” Japan-based MMA fighter Sera McAnn
Sera McAnn (Aitanga-a-Hauiti), who currently resides in Japan, says that the people and government there are not taking the COVID-19 pandemic as seriously as they should be. With over 2,000 cases and 60 deaths, the Aitanga-a-Hauiti professional MMA fighter gives us an insight into what life is currently like in Saitama, Japan.
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Flaxmere-raised fighter grabbing hold of second chance
Brisbane-based professional MMA fighter Dimps Gillies is taking his second chance at making it in the fight game. The boy from Flaxmere has made his way to the Australian Fighting Championship MMA.
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Israel Adesanya implores people to visit Ōrākei marae
2020 New Zealand sportsman of the year Israel Adesanya revealed at last nights’ Halberg Awards, that before his recent UFC middleweight title fight, that he visited Ōrākei marae.
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Kickboxing world champ has eyes set on Tokyo Olympics
For Byron Chivers (Ngāti Porou) MMA and kickboxing have been his forté, winning the amateur world title in both disciplines. However, the 22-year-old is currently preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic qualifying tournament in wrestling.
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Hooker and Felder square off in Auckland ahead of February UFC Fight Night
As the headline acts of UFC Fight Night Auckland faced off for the first time in today, neither fighter was going to back down. Ngāti Maniapoto’s Dan “Hangman” Hooker and Paul “The Irish Dragon” Felder stood face to face outside Spark Arena, the venue of their February 23rd Lightweight match up.
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Headline act for Hangman Hooker
Ngāti Maniapoto fighter Dan Hooker will headline the main card when he takes on 6th ranked American Paul "The Irish Dragon" Felder.
