Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-10-30, pretty good finish but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma fight Islam Makhachev vs Dan Hooker gets two (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2021).
Hooker vs Makhachev is on the undercard of Jan Blachowicz vs Glover Teixeira – UFC 267. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Islam Makhachev record
The 2016 world Combat Sambo champion Islam Makhachev entered this fight with a record of 20-1-0 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Dustin Poirier).
He suffered his only loss when he faced Adriano Martins in 2015, since then he has won eight consecutive matches beating Davi Ramos (Islam Makhachev vs Davi Ramos), Drew Dober (Islam Makhachev vs Drew Dober) and Thiago Moises in his last three (Islam Makhachev vs Thiago Moises).
Dan Hooker record
His opponent, Dan Hooker, has an official mma record of 21-10-0 (81% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.10 in the lightweight division.
He lost two consecutive bouts between 2020 and 2021, against Dustin Poirier (Dustin Poirier vs Dan Hooker) and Michael Chandler (Michael Chandler vs Dan Hooker), but then he has beat Nasrat Haqparast (Dan Hooker vs Nasrat Haqparast).
Makhachev’s next fight: Islam Makhachev vs Bobby Green
Hooker’s next fight: Arnold Allen vs Dan Hooker
UFC 267 info
Event: UFC 267: Blachowicz vs Teixeira
Date: 2021-10-30
Where: Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Division: lightweight (155 lbs, 70 kg)
UFC 267 fight card
Here is the UFC 267 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN+)
Jan Blachowicz vs Glover Teixeira
Petr Yan vs Cory Sandhagen
Islam Makhachev vs Dan Hooker
Alexander Volkov vs Marcin Tybura
Jingliang Li vs Khamzat Chimaev
Magomed Ankalaev vs Volkan Oezdemir
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+)
Amanda Ribas vs Virna Jandiroba
Ricardo Ramos vs Zubaira Tukhugov
Albert Duraev vs Roman Kopylov
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs Benoît St Denis
Michal Oleksiejczuk vs Shamil Gamzatov
Makwan Amirkhani vs Lerone Murphy
Hu Yaozong vs Andre Petroski
Tagir Ulanbekov vs Allan Nascimento
Makhachev vs Hooker full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the fight Islam Makhachev vs Dan Hooker as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official video
Makhachev vs Hooker result
Islam Makhachev defeated Dan Hooker via submission (kimura) at 2:25, round 1.
Makhachev vs Hooker post-fight interview
Watch the official video of Dan Hooker vs Islam Makhachev post-fight octagon interview.
I just appreciate how happy & excited Khabib is for Islam’s success.