Dan Hooker says UFC wants Charles Oliveira next for him

Dan Hooker claims the UFC likes Charles Oliveira for him subsequent.

Following his break up choice win over Mateusz Gamrot on Saturday’s UFC 305 main card at RAC Enviornment in Perth, Australia, Hooker (24-12 MMA, 14-8 UFC) recounted how he bumped into UFC govt Hunter Campbell.

Hooker says the identify Oliveira (34-10 MMA, 22-10 UFC) was thrown at him.

“Yeah, they need Charles,” Hooker informed The MacLife. “That’s battle, however there’s heaps of cool sh*t I might do. The lay of the land is fairly loopy. It’s such a wild sport, as nicely. We’ll see the way it performs out.”

Hooker is open to Oliveira, and even Arman Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC), who’s touted as UFC light-weight champion Islam Makhachev’s subsequent title challenger.

“I couldn’t care much less, mate,” Hooker stated. “(I’ll battle) all of them – even Arman. I stated to Hunter, I stated to Sean (Shelby), I’d wish to battle Arman as a result of screw it: We’ll go the hardest option to the title we presumably can. That’s (Jalin) Turner, Gamrot, Arman, Islam. I simply don’t care. I would like the toughest highway to the title that I presumably might. … I hate the prick. I informed Hunter I’m going to smash his face in.”

After listening to Bruce Buffer name out his identify because the victor, a hyped-up Hooker even talked about Conor McGregor’s identify throughout his post-fight speech. Hooker stated he was simply having some enjoyable.

“I didn’t essentially name him out, I simply stated that as a result of I’m an absolute troll, so it’s like the largest troll transfer you possibly can do of all time is to snake that battle off (Michael) Chandler,” Hooker stated. “He waits all that point after which Conor simply fights me anyway, like, that will be gold. I’d really feel like the largest snake troll of all time.”

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