{"id":424284,"date":"2026-01-20T00:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T00:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/424284\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T00:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T00:03:07","slug":"dan-hooker-not-backing-down-from-ugly-paddy-pimblett-feud-you-go-low-i-go-lower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/424284\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Hooker not backing down from ugly Paddy Pimblett feud: \u2018You go low, I go lower\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Dan Hooker isn\u2019t interested in deescalating his war of words with Paddy Pimblett.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The UFC lightweights have verbally been at each other\u2019s throats in recent weeks, taking deeply personal shots at each other through interviews. Pimblett started the feud, saying, \u201cDan Hooker couldn\u2019t grapple a f*cking rapist off his ma,\u201d and Hooker replied by questioning Pimblett for being friendly to his face in an earlier meeting only to change his attitude.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cF*ck around and find out, brother,\u201d Hooker told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fhCLPIOQxps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Combat TV<\/a>, confirming that the mention of Pimblett\u2019s friend was a deliberate attempt to rattle him. \u201cThat\u2019s all you can say about that, f*ck around and find out. You want to take it there? There\u2019s shit you don\u2019t talk about as fighters. He can say whatever he wanted, he tried to get a reaction, he f*cking got one. You go low, I go lower.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While a future fight could develop, Pimblett and Hooker are currently occupied. Pimblett fights Justin Gaethje for an interim lightweight title in the main event of UFC 324 this Saturday in Las Vegas, while Hooker is scheduled to take on Benoit Saint Denis at UFC 325 the following weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If the two are ever matched up, don\u2019t expect Hooker to back down. \u201cThe Hangman\u201d admitted Pimblett\u2019s comments affected him and that they won\u2019t be squashing the beef anytime soon as far as he\u2019s concerned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cYou want to say some horrible shit like that, yeah, I\u2019m going to think of the most horrible shit I can possibly and I\u2019m going to bring that shit up, too,\u201d Hooker said. \u201cHe genuinely pissed me off. He genuinely got under my skin and he got a reaction. He wanted to piss me off, he pissed me off. I wanted to say something so the feeling\u2019s mutual. I want to kick your head in the next time I see you, now you want to kick my head in back. Now the feeling is mutual. I\u2019ve got no intention of making up, there\u2019s no coming back from that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dan Hooker isn\u2019t interested in deescalating his war of words with Paddy Pimblett. 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