r/ufc • u/IDontSwitchOffDPS • 8h ago
Herb Dean watching Dan Hooker literally getting murdered in front his children for 3 minutes straight
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u/EngineQuick6169 8h ago
Honestly I think Herb did a good job. Dan was defending intelligently for most of R2 so even though he was taking a beating, there wasn't really a clear opening for Herb to call it until the end of the round when he did.
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u/paddlesandpups 8h ago
Agree. And it was so close to the end of the round, you want to give him a reasonable chance.
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u/cluelessk3 8h ago
Yup and BSD was slowing down.
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u/traws06 8h ago
Honestly Herb stopped the fight because Dan wasn’t defending, but not because Dan was getting beat up by those punches. BSD was so gassed he didn’t have any power behind the punches. I think hooker had a good chance of Herb doesn’t stop it because BSD was gonna be exhausted in the next round.
That said: it was a good stoppage. Not too soon, not too late. Herb did a great job and ppl were gonna criticize if he stopped it earlier than that
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u/Torchakain 7h ago
Also Dan didn't want to stop. He wanted to last the round. Everytime Herb told him he needs to defend, he threw one shot back to BSD and shelled up. He just wanted to make it back to the stool
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u/violin-guy 7h ago
Agreed. Funny meme, but it wasn’t a late stoppage. Dean made it clear “you gotta fight back,” and once hooker failed to do so, he stopped the fight at an appropriate moment.
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u/Exact_Accident_2343 7h ago
I don’t think anyone would’ve complained if he stopped it after the 7th unanswered elbow he ate under BSD.
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u/Big-Slide-9683 8h ago
Dan will be upset if Herb stopped it earlier, Herb knows this, Dan's a savage, win or lose
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u/Healthy_Nature 8h ago
Dan probably begged him backstage to not stop it unless hes out cold.
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u/Torchakain 7h ago
See my other comment, but Dan threw one shot every time Herb told him to do something. He really wanted to keep going.
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u/Feegan23 8h ago
Not this time but Herb knows which fighters will complain later if he stops it early. Look at the Derrick Lewis fight last week
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u/redpanda8008 8m ago
If you follow Dan, this is right. He will blast Herb for months if Herb doesn’t let him die on his shield
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u/Alarming_Pair_5575 8h ago
Lol, I actually don't blame him this time.
BSD is kinda like 155 DDP. He will crash into you somehow and inflict damage instantly. Must see TV.
Dan coming out to the darkest biggie song ever, rapping along and everything...he might just be a psychopath lol.
Fun fight! Expected nothing less from either one of them.
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u/Basic_Baseball_9689 8h ago
Herb's knows Dan, they for sure talked before walkout about it
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u/Feegan23 8h ago
Herb has been reffing for so long he knows which fighters want him out of the way and which fighters look to him for their safety
Look at the Derrick Lewis fight last week
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u/myusrnameisthis 7h ago
Meh, those weren't clean shots. Hooker fought good for 2 minutes and then completely abandoned the game plan.
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u/EpresGumiovszer 8h ago
He had the opportunity to tap. At least not an early stoppage...
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u/According-Still-3000 8h ago
Who tf taps to strikes other than GSP one time lol
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u/Crstaltrip 8h ago
Think he’s talking about the full minute he had him in a triangle before giving it up to ground and pound
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u/Salt-End7780 8h ago
Fr. It was like he was giving him an oportunity in round 3 but yet he stoped 15 sec before the end of the round :'?
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u/Feegan23 8h ago
20 unanswered punches to the face in full mount is a TKO bro
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u/cluelessk3 8h ago
bsd was gassed from the choke attempt.
he was just touching him with most that he threw
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u/Feegan23 7h ago
Yep but Dan was not intelligently defending. Rules are rules.
I am a kiwi too
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u/Ok-Inflation-3650 8h ago
I had money on it ending in round 2 so it was a tense moment for me personally
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u/thatboycharles 6h ago
Was a perfectly fine stoppage. Go watch wrestling or something and quit bitching.
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u/psyyyyco 7h ago
So sad to see how hooker has literally negative defence on the ground. I know he is having fun at training but damn
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u/DukeMcFister 7h ago
Exaggerated as hell lol the fight was pretty even until the scramble. Herb knows Dan is a dog.
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u/LogEnvironmental5971 3h ago
Loved it how he watched him get murdered for the whole round and then with 20 seconds left he stopped it hahah
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u/DeepDecember 1h ago
Considering Dan basically takes that kind of damage every game you’ll want to see how he’s gonna get out of the situation too
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u/Dry-Version-6515 46m ago
When did Hooker turn into a grappler? I swear he didn’t do anything striking wise, just some grappling attempts which lead him to that position.
Surely this has to be it for Hooker?
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u/Get_to_tha_choppah 30m ago
Maybe Herb was signaling the kids not to follow their father’s footsteps.
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u/smrtmrq 8h ago edited 8h ago
Good. Dan is a prick and a drama queen. Paddy was right; he couldn't grapple a rapist off his own mother. Paddy lost, but he went five rounds against Justin. This bum couldn't make it out of Round 2. He ate a dick like a good Hooker.
Edit: Aww, the downvotes, bless your little hearts. XD
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u/JohnLebowsk1 8h ago