Dan Hooker not backing down from ugly Paddy Pimblett feud: ‘You go low, I go lower’
MMA Fighting • • sports
Key Points:
- UFC lightweights Paddy Pimblett and Dan Hooker have engaged in a heated verbal feud, exchanging deeply personal insults in recent interviews.
- Pimblett initiated the conflict with a provocative comment about Hooker's grappling skills, to which Hooker responded by bringing up the suicide of Pimblett’s friend Ricky, intensifying the dispute.
- Hooker confirmed that mentioning Ricky was a deliberate tactic to unsettle Pimblett, stating he was matching Pimblett’s aggression and willing to go "lower" in the exchange.
- Both fighters are currently focused on upcoming bouts—Pimblett faces Justin Gaethje for an interim lightweight title at UFC 324, while Hooker is set to fight Benoit Saint Denis
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