Neutral Quotes by Dan Hooker

All Neutral statements made by Dan Hooker across interviews, press conferences, and social media.

Jan 29, 2026 Neutral
“P. Diddy... He can fight Arman Tsarukyan because they're both f**king covered in baby oil”

– via Jai McAllister, responding with his trademark dark wit when asked which non—MMA celebrity he’d like to see step into the Octagon
Jan 28, 2026 Neutral
“Dog**. Dog****… he talks an awful lot of s*** for someone who fights like that. The only thing coming out from that fight is that you [Pimblett] got a good chin... He talks, talks, talks, talks and then he gets caught on his s*** and then he turns into a victim.”

– via Jai McAllister, unleashing a verbal assault on Paddy Pimblett following the Scouser's first UFC defeat.
Jan 27, 2026 Neutral
“[Paddy] looks like a baby giraffe—f***ing elbows flying, jumping in the air. He looks retarded to me when he fights... He has been managed very well, and he has been shortcut over a lot of other fighters, but now he's in the deep end”

– via The Ariel Helwani Show, delivering a scathing post—mortem on Paddy Pimblett’s loss to Justin Gaethje at UFC 324.
Jan 27, 2026 Neutral
“When this c*nt f***ing headbutted me at the weigh—in and broke my f***ing nose, it pissed me right off... It was f***ing when this c*nt headbutted me at the weigh—in and broke my nose, that was the weigh—in. That had absolutely nothing to do with the fight”

– via The Ariel Helwani Show, revealing that his November 2025 loss to Arman Tsarukyan was preceded by a legitimate injury during their ceremonial face—off.
Jan 27, 2026 Neutral
“I like Arman now. He’s won me over as a fan. The saddest part about it is that the best years of his career are being wasted, bro. He should be fighting Ilia. Who don't want to see that?”

– via The Ariel Helwani Show, making a complete U—turn on his former rival Arman Tsarukyan following the events of UFC 324
Oct 31, 2025 neutral
“People can hate me for being me. I can live with that, that's all right. It's like, you don't want to be Colby Covington, where they're just scared that people won't like the real them. To rather be hated for who I am than loved for something I'm not”

– via SKY SPORTS