Dan Hooker upsets no. 5 ranked Mateusz Gamrot in back and forth battle at UFC 305
Dan Hooker comes up big at UFC 305
The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to us tonight, August 17, 2024, for UFC 305, going down live from the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia.
Headlining the event is a title bout at 185 lbs between UFC middleweight champion between Dricus Du Plessis (21-2) and former two-time UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (24-3).
Co-headlining the event is a title eliminator bout in the flyweight division between no. 4 ranked Kai Kara-France (24-12) and no. 7 ranked Steve Erceg (12-2).
Our feature UFC 305 fight of the evening came in the lightweight division between no. 5 ranked former KSW champ-champ Mateusz Gamrot (24-3) and no. 11 ranked former AFC lightweight champion Dan Hooker (24-12).
Gamrot came into the bout on a three-fight win streak, having defeated the likes of Jalin Turner (SD), Rafael Fiziev (TKO), and Rafael dos Anjos (UD) following defeat to Beneil Dariush in October of 2022. Hooker on the other hand, following a 1-4 span from 2020 to 2022, had since defeated Claudio Puelles (TKO) and Jalin Turner (SD) in his latest two appearances.
Continue reading to see how this lightweight encounter went down:
Official Result: Dan Hooker def. Mateusz Gamrot via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Gamrot had a great start to the opening round, taking Hooker down and controlling him, and also opening a cut over his eye. Hooker got back to his feet but was dropped with a nasty right hand and absolutely battered from there. Gamrot was unloading on him with vicious combinations from top position.
Eventually Hooker was able to return to his feet and hurt Gamrot towards the end of round one.
Hooker landed a body kick early in the second that was immediately caught by Gamrot, who proceeded to take him down off it. Gamrot spent some more time in top position before Hooker returned to his feet, Hooker pressing the action from the very second he got up.
Gamrot shot in on an early takedown in the third, Hooker defending it with a tight modified guillotine choke attempt; he defended a lot of takedowns in this fight by threatening with the guillotine.
Hooker pressed the action and controlled the center, each man landing good punches onto the other though Hooker started getting the better of the exchanges as the round went on.
This was a big win for ‘The Hangman’ Dan Hooker, and easily one of his biggest to date. He’s now won three straight since November of 2022.
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