{"id":951501,"date":"2026-11-03T21:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T21:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/951501\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T21:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T21:12:10","slug":"dan-hooker-says-charles-oliveira-has-made-the-bmf-belt-not-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/951501\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Hooker Says Charles Oliveira Has Made The BMF Belt &#8220;Not Cool&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u203a<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/mma-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMA News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u203a<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDan Hooker Says Charles Oliveira Has Made the BMF Belt \u201cNot Cool\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dan Hooker is not a fan of <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/tag\/charles-oliveira\/\" title=\"Charles Oliveira\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"35697\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Oliveira<\/a> and believes the Brazilian has ruined the meaning of the BMF belt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oliveira won the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/bmf-belt\/\" title=\"BMF belt\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"35698\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BMF belt<\/a> at UFC 326 by dethroning Max Holloway. However, in a fight where fans expected a slugfest, \u201cDo Bronxs\u201d opted to take Holloway down, suffocated \u201cBlessed\u201d for more than 20 minutes, secure five takedowns en route to a unanimous-decision win.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-645864 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gettyimages-2265357107-612x612-1.jpg\"  data-\/>LAS VEGAS, NEVADA \u2013 MARCH 07: Charles Oliveira of Brazil grapples with Max Holloway of the United States during their BMF title bout at T-Mobile Arena on March 07, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fans expected a wild brawl but watched a snoozefest. Therefore, after the 37-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WiYNqn5wJac\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">won the BMF strap<\/a>, many asked the UFC to retire the belt. However, the promotion has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/former-ufc-middleweight-champ-wants-to-strip-charles-oliveira-of-the-bmf-title-calls-for-max-holloway-vs-king-green\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">yet to strip<\/a> Oliveira. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Brazilian is now set to defend his belt against Diego Lopes at UFC 335.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Hooker Says Charles Oliveira Made the BMF Belt \u201cnot cool\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/tag\/dan-hooker\/\" title=\"Dan Hooker\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"35699\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Hooker<\/a>, one of the most entertaining strikers and seasoned UFC veterans, recently took a dig at Charles Oliveira during a sitdown with Submission Radio. \u201cThe Hangman\u201d quipped:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[The belt is stupid], to be honest. It was cool for a bit, and then he [Charles] kind of made it not cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oliveira, however, isn\u2019t bothered by these kinds of comments and has said in a recent interview with MMA Fighting that a strap cannot dictate how he needs to fight, and if the company wants, they can take the belt, as \u201cDo Bronxs\u201d won\u2019t really mind. The former 155-pound champion said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet\u2019s talk about the BMF belt. People might want to see two guys stand in front of each other, throw bombs, and beat each other up to see who can knock the other guy out. Sure, that could happen, and it would be cool. But I\u2019m not here to please anyone. I\u2019m here to go out there, fight, and win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2018Oh, but the BMF fight is about going there and breaking each other up.\u2019 Then, honestly, brother, here\u2019s the belt. Take it somewhere else. That belt is not for me.\u201d [h\/t: MMA Fighting]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out Charles Oliveira\u2019s comments below:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Charles Oliveira pushes back on anyone criticizing his BMF title win earlier this year:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;Oh, but the BMF fight is about going there and breaking each other up.&#8217; Then, honestly, brother, here\u2019s the belt. Take it somewhere else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(\ud83c\udfa5 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/guicruzzz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@guicruzzz<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wijsRriuBS\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/wijsRriuBS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MMAFighting\/status\/2112209693439414473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home \u203a MMA News \u203a Dan Hooker Says Charles Oliveira Has Made the BMF Belt \u201cNot Cool\u201d Dan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-951501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}