Strategic Quotes by Dan Hooker

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

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Oct 17, 2025 strategic
Dan Hooker on Jack Della Maddalena
“Jack Della, that's a big boy. I've stood next to Jack Della a few times, and you could chop one of his legs and he's still not going to make lightweight. He is a legitimate welterweight problem. And that takes away a lot of Islam's advantages, but coming in there being a big lightweight, being a strong lightweight it kind of levels the playing field a bit.”

– via Home of Fight interview
— Dan Hooker
Oct 17, 2025 strategic
Dan Hooker on Jack Della Maddalena
“I lean with it [Maddalena beating Makhachev]. He obviously showed that he is highly capable of fighting a wrestler in the Belal [Muhammad] fight, and that's a very strong wrestler in itself... He is smart about it, he knows you can't avoid the wrestling, you have to meet it head on, you have to lead the wrestling, you have to counter wrestle with him.”

– via Home of Fight interview
— Dan Hooker
Oct 17, 2025 strategic
Dan Hooker on Islam Makhachev
“Jack Della, that's a big boy. I've stood next to Jack Della a few times, and you could chop one of his legs and he's still not going to make lightweight. He is a legitimate welterweight problem. And that takes away a lot of Islam's advantages, but coming in there being a big lightweight, being a strong lightweight it kind of levels the playing field a bit.”

– via Home of Fight interview
— Dan Hooker
Oct 17, 2025 strategic
Dan Hooker on Islam Makhachev
“I lean with it [Maddalena beating Makhachev]. He obviously showed that he is highly capable of fighting a wrestler in the Belal [Muhammad] fight, and that's a very strong wrestler in itself... He is smart about it, he knows you can't avoid the wrestling, you have to meet it head on, you have to lead the wrestling, you have to counter wrestle with him.”

– via Home of Fight interview
— Dan Hooker