UFC 267: Dan Hooker thinks a potential win over Islam Makhachev will put him back in contention for the Livianos title

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Despite being knocked out in an assault by the former champion of Bellator at the beginning of the year, Dan hooker He believes a second win in a row will allow him to enter the conversation for the 155-pound belt.

The Australian quickly returns to the Octagon in the UFC 267 for, as a replacement for an injured Rafael Dos Anjos, face number five in the ranking, Islam Makhachev, at Main Card of the billboard. If he wins, he’s convinced it puts him within another victory of a title shot.

“Without a doubt, a victory puts yourself in the title landscape,” he said during a conference in front of the media from the UFC APEX (via MMA Junkie). «You get into a conversation between two men. There is the winner of the fight and then the winner of the fight between (Justin) Gaethje and (Michael) Chandler. If (Charles) Oliveira wins, and Chandler wins, do they really want to see that again? Many things can happen. But yeah, the winner of that fight could get a shot. It is a real probability.

Hooker, number seven in the standings, was rediscovered with victory by beating on the judges’ scorecards Nasrat Haqparast in the Preliminaries of UFC 266 last September 25. The member of City Kickboxing had come to that pay-per-view with straight losses to Chandler and Dustin Poirier, who, incidentally, will challenge Charles Oliviera for the absolute belt of the category on December 11.

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