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Dan Hooker went down within the first spherical to Michael Chandler at UFC 257.
Each fighter digests defeat in their very own manner and relating to Kiwi UFC veteran Dan Hooker, coach Eugene Bareman is aware of the most effective factor he can do proper now’s give his pupil time.
Bareman, the top coach at famend Auckland fitness center Metropolis Kickboxing, has spoken briefly to Hooker since final week’s first-round stoppage at the hands of American Michael Chandler at UFC 257 in Abu Dhabi.
The pair did not get into Hooker’s subsequent transfer, which has change into a scorching subject in MMA circles after the ‘Hangman’ left his gloves within the octagon following the bout – a gesture which has come to sign retirement.
However that’s nothing uncommon, with Bareman describing Hooker as somebody who prefers to look at their very own ideas and emotions a couple of efficiency earlier than going into element with the teaching workers.
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“Dan just isn’t probably the most talkative man when he wins, so when he loses he is undoubtedly not too talkative,” Bareman mentioned.
“We have exchanged a number of phrases however Dan for probably the most half is a man that you simply depart him and he introspects and when he is prepared he comes again and begins climbing the ladder once more.
“I did hear he is already discovered a fitness center in Dubai and he is already coaching and that is a typical Dan response.”
Fellow City Kickboxing coach Mike Angove put the move to leave the gloves behind down to frustration, with the defeat approaching an enormous stage and knocking Hooker out of title competition.
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Dan Hooker stays within the top-10 of the UFC’s light-weight division.
Certainly, a call to retire would come as a serious shock. Hooker has confirmed to be a real pressure within the light-weight division and at 30, seems to have a number of robust years forward of him.
The consequence might have left him with back-to-back losses for the primary time in his UFC profession however they weren’t in opposition to simply anyone. Chandler is a three-time Bellator light-weight champion who was determined to make a splash in his UFC debut.
Previous to that, Hooker went the distance in a five-round thriller with Dustin Poirier, who emerged as the brand new No 1 contender after stopping Conor McGregor in Sunday’s (NZ time) fundamental occasion.
The division is loaded with expertise however that additionally leaves loads of big-name fights on the desk for a climb again up the rankings, the place Hooker stays within the top-10 at No 8.
In fact, there are a variety of things that should be thought-about relating to retirement. However, talking basically phrases, Bareman supplied perception right into a key query each fighter must grapple with when competing in such a unstable sport.
“Individuals want to know the highs and lows of this sport,” he added. “The highs are unbelievable however the lows are actual darkish. And, how lengthy would you like your life to replicate these highs and lows, as a result of that is the road that you simply dwell on – the very best of the excessive and the bottom of the low.
“As a human being, you are able to do that for some time however each fighter, finally it begins to weigh on you. You simply need to dwell a traditional life.
“At some stage I am going to speak to Dan about that but in addition, I believe that is one thing he ought to reply to and speak about.”
