Hooker: "I'm going to smash Tsarukian's face in."

New Zealand UFC lightweight Dan Hooker has stated his desire to share the octagon with Armenian division colleague Arman Tsarukyan.

"I don't care who I fight. I want to fight everybody, Arman included. I told the UFC that I would like to fight Arman because it would be the toughest path to the title that there could be. Just imagine my path - Turner, Gamrot, Arman, Islam.

Honestly, I hate Arman. I'm going to smash that guy's face in. He's just a jerk and has been talking crap for years. It's like the dual nature of the fight where there's no one in the world I hate more than the other guy in the division. At the same time, there's nobody I have as much respect for as these guys," Bloody Elbow quoted Hooker as saying.

Hooker defeated Mateusz Gamroth by unanimous decision last weekend at UFC 305 in Perth, Australia.