Benoît Saint-Denis continued his stand up the light-weight rankings with a dominant efficiency towards Dan Hooker within the co-main occasion of UFC 325.
Saint-Denis acquired off to a fast begin, going for an early single leg takedown on Hooker. Saint-Denis momentarily knocked down “The Hangman,” however Hooker scrambled to his ft and made Saint-Denis pay with a stinging entrance kick to the physique.
Hooker defended one other takedown try, however a well-executed judo throw despatched Hooker again to the mat and returned Saint-Denis to facet management. Saint-Denis went for the kimura, however Hooker managed to interrupt out of the maintain and get again to his ft. Sadly for Hooker, it did not final lengthy as Saint-Denis scored one other takedown with lower than a minute left.
Hooker survived the following onslaught, however returned to his nook with a lower close to his hairline.
Issues acquired even worse for Hooker within the second spherical, after Saint-Denis secured one other fast takedown and shortly moved to full mount. Saint-Denis utilized an arm triangle choke, however Hooker refused to faucet out. This brought about Saint-Denis to desert the maintain and use his fists to pressure referee Herb Dean to intervene and cease the bout.
official outcomes: Benoît Saint-Denis def. Dan Hooker wins by TKO (floor and pound) at 4:45 of spherical 2.
