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The MMA Daily: Dan Hooker wants to ‘smash’ Tony Ferguson’s face in

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The MMA Daily: Dan Hooker wants to ‘smash’ Tony Ferguson’s face in
New Zealand pride: Dan Hooker draped in his national colours. (Photo via Getty Images).

Dan Hooker is eyeing a return to the UFC’s lightweight division – and a war with Tony Ferguson looks like his perfect idea of a coming home party.

‘The Hangman’ made as much evident yesterday when he took to social media to antagonize the veteran, seemingly hoping to challenge ‘El Cucuy’s ego.

Both men have spent little time in the win column over the prior two years, with each securing just one victory in their last five fights; and an official booking may serve as a definitive ‘crossroads’ point for these (of late) struggling contenders.

Ferguson has not yet acknowledged the callout at the time of writing.

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The soapbox

Jon Jones welcomes Amanda Nunes to the double digits club:

Thug Nasty spits some free game:

Stylebender is the ideal teammate:

KKF not taking the loss too hard:

El Diamanté has something in the works:

I do not envy this mans next victim:

Promising prospect David Onama inks a new UFC deal:

The morning view

JHK updates his Fight or Flight vlog (spoiler he’s not been keen on the rain):

Jay Perrin catches up with The AllStar ahead of his UFC 278 scrap:

Dan Hardy breaks down this weekend’s UFC Fight Night main event:

Michael Bisping ate his favorite UFC trash talkers:

Done deals

This week

  • John Castañeda will fight Daniel Santos at UFC event on October 1st (per MMA Junkie)
  • Tracy Cortez to fight Amanda Ribas at UFC event on December 3rd (per ESPN Deportes)
  • Muhammad Mokaev to fight Malcolm Gordon at UFC 280 on October 22nd (per Brett Okamoto)
  • Andrei Arlovski to fight Marcos Rogerio de Lima at UFC event on October 29th (per Raphael Marinho)
  • Leah Letson out – Julija Stoliarenko to fight Chelsea Chandler at UFC event on October 1st (per Chelsea Chandler)

On this day in MMA…

On the 3rd of August, 2013, future two-division UFC champion, Amanda ‘The Lioness’ Nunes, made her UFC debut at UFC 163: Aldo vs Korean Zombie, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Nunes would face Sheila Gaff near the top of the preliminary card and made short work of her opponent on the ground, finishing Gaff with elbows just two minutes into the opening round.

Chris Ferguson is a combat sports reporter hailing from the land down under in Australia. He runs short-format interviews with mixed martial arts prospects hailing from the Oceanic region, as well as a weekly newsletter on Substack, breaking down every debuting fighter on each coming weekend’s UFC card. Catch his hot takes on Twitter @CFerg_mma.

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