Tsarukyan wants to kill Hooker

Russian UFC lightweight Arman Tsarukyan left a formidable message for New Zealander Dan Hooker.

"I want to fight Dan Hooker if he wins next Saturday. I want to beat that guy. He's said a lot of nasty things about me and now I want to kill him. He's just a piece of shit.

It's a great fight for me because he's famous and high up in the rankings. A win over him could allow me to get into the top 5, and I can easily get a title fight from there," MMA Junkie quoted Tsarukyan as saying.

Recall that Tsarukyan will fight Christos Gyagos on the night of Sept. 18 as part of the UFC Fight Night 192 show. As for Hooker, he will face Nasrat Hakparast at UFC 266 a week later.