It turns out Hooker passed out during a "guillotine" choke hold by Puryear in the third round.
"I remember a funny moment from the fight with Puryear in 2020. He threw a guillotine around my neck. And I may have been the first person he choked with a guillotine in his career. He just didn't realize I'd passed out. That's why I was awake in time.
It was the third round. I made a pass to my feet and he countered with a choke. Apparently, he got tired of pushing because I woke up. I even thought, "Oh, the fight's still on, that's cool." So he had an early guillotine victory, but nobody noticed it," Fox Sports quoted Hooker as saying.
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