Hooker: “Tsarukyan is a talented fighter, but a blockhead”

New Zealand UFC lightweight Dan Hooker shared his opinion about the division’s Armenian prospect Armane Tsarukyan.

“I don’t like this dude. He's an idiot and makes me nervous. Can he fight? Of course, a very talented young fighter. But he pisses me off. He has spoken nonsense to me in the past and has no respect at all for those who have been in the UFC for a long time. This is all my youth, I was like that too.

When you rise in the rankings and defeat all your opponents, you begin to feel like the world is at your feet. You begin to belittle the merits of veterans. And then the moment comes when you realize everything yourself. He’ll grow up too, but right now he’s acting like a fool,” Hooker said on The MMA Hour.

Let us remind you that last weekend Tsarukyan knocked out Beneil Dariush in the first round.