GUEST - Dan 'The Hangman' Hooker - UFC 325, 100k 1 Min Scraps & Paddy Beef

0:00This is a podcast from Rover You know special gets this morning and what a way to start the year. I'm a dangerous man, and I'm happy And I said I'm not telling my Mrs. Anything I said you're not hiding I think much went out Yes, Dan the hangman hooker you'll see photo he's fighting first of Feb you have seen three two five and Sydney Benwar St. Denise's his name who he is fighting down. Good morning, mate. Thanks for coming in morning On our first show back so good this fight. It's not long not long to go a couple of weeks There's no way in here come losing to a French Cobb on

1:01Yeah, there's some things that aren't gonna happen. That is not gonna happen This is a thing that you're fighting a guy here's French French army special forces soldier. Well, he used to be So and I understand as well I've seen he's got to he can't take a gun and there can he's got two arms two legs in a face like a smathed You You could leave now we would have had a great Well, I don't know how much you know about the sky obviously he's used to be in the army, but I'm sweet How close did you get to get into the army though? You wanted to get into the armed forces didn't you? Once by the time Yeah But I don't like getting told what to do. Yeah, that's a major No, that's right. I googled and then I googled his New Zealand at war and it said now it's not at war with anyone No, and I said well, I'm not going to join the army if I can't kill anyone

2:02Waste the time to stand around with my dick in my hand I Um I was breaking down if you've been behaving yourself Well, do you get to enjoy and relax just over that period? I mean, I we see a little bit of you on insta It's either it's either small clips of men fighting with the back-out scraps that we'll get to soon Or it's real wholesome stuff with your family out of it. It's restaurant having dinner. That's what I'm a man of extremists. Yeah, but you have essentially been in camp now for a couple of months really because this is such a tight turn around From the Armand fight straight into straight into this with BSD like do you get much time to relax bro? That's a between I don't really have May I don't even get I don't even have a big liar. Yeah, it was a bit of a was a bit of a pain in the ass I went a quad up with two friends and they're both on ankle bracelet. So I was like they can't

3:05You know, we didn't even go out If you didn't be help a story Those are clubs you can't see You don't see them at the gym. Yeah, well, they can't come to you So I only saw a couple of friends and then we've got another fight Yeah, how did that interested in that for obviously you see fight fans as Rob's Rob roach. Oh, you've been away that long How did that come about that it is such a quick turn around because it's bloody exciting for Dan Hooker fans Are we get to see you again so soon? No, I think like because I did the video straight after where I was like man, I'm smashing. We can't his face and I was just you know, he was He just drew the short shore. I was just like just showing the UC that I wanted to get back in there I knew that the injuries were just superficial when that And so man, they just took me in for a quick turn around I knew I wanted that on that card just because it's sick close time. Yeah, fighting

4:06Vox on the card. Yeah to tell you know, you know, you're absolutely everyone on the card So it's like that one that one gets you excited and then to just get a good opponent too Where he's a he's a zero four-fight one streak rank number eight I was expecting I have to fight down a couple of times, but that's a fight that puts you straight back in the much Yeah, like how long does it take you to think about a fight that's been offered to you but you've been matched with like is it Brave you to assume I think That's what I was hoping for The UFC medical team was all pissed off. They're like oh damn, you know, he's gonna because they took me for a scan after fighting They're like you got a broken nose. I was like well that's right there I'm still refusing to medically clear it like that the UFC sent me there like you need medical clearance We are nose I was like I'm not getting medical clearance from an injury. I got it way in so I was like from the head Out of principle I was like you guys let me do one fight with it. Yeah

5:09I know why not let me do another fight Yeah, I mean to be fair you with that argument. I got a new doctor wasting 15 minutes of my time Yeah, to get medically cleared for a fight. Nah, it's it's I'm a man of principle Then stay there then hangman hooker UFC 325 and Sydney first of feb and we're back with Daniel. Let's talk more about it's one minute scraps is another one coming up as well First guest to 2026 Dan the hangman hooker Back UFC fighter UFC 325 and Sydney first of feb fighting a Frenchman Benoit Denise who nicknames nicknames and what you make of this down he calls himself the God of war great Knackname, which is a great nickname. What do you make of it? Welcome back mate. How do you how do you go about beating him obviously because I you know tell me from Wrong I'm sure I'm wrong, but stylistically I feel like he's a more entertaining fight from the viewer point of view

6:11To watch maybe then someone like you last Depend on the rest of the race. He's a meat actually likes to come forward. Yeah, it's gonna be a it's gonna be a good fight Like he's obviously self-boy. He'll try to check me on the ground. Like yeah, it's just gonna be just keep it on the feet and beat him up You're talking about You talk about how your nose got broken in the last fight hell how many times you think you've broken your nose. Yeah 20 something It's That's that's crazy So I mean do you think you'll get sued after your fight because you know after you for all you'll never finish fighting will you? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll have fun the time. Yeah

7:11Now on to some other fighters But we've got a little bit to get to but we had the Balkan bear in At the end of last year for the first time all six foot five or whatever the reason So he said I had a small feet down. He's a unit. What a good dude He seemed like a great guy when he was in here good fun What do you see his chances being at heavyweight? Entertaining the table that he always heavyweight like They're just big enough that it takes one punch You know what I mean like they can they can change their lives and one punch these heavyweight boys like for fight fights You can find yourself for for title. So yes guys are limo. He's athletic. He's talented You can do whatever you once with the sport, but you know, it's like one punch and your life's ruined Maybe it's a treacherous division But any news with Carlos all work as well. Obviously Yeah, he's back in the gym. He's training hard all the boys are Israel's in there guys in there Carlos is in there, and I think they're all looking to fight in the first quarter of this year

8:12So everyone everyone will be back in action. It was a bit of a phase. They were talking about it before the show Yeah, was it last week they announced that is he is fighting soon. Yeah, how's he looking towards his fight? Nice. Look who good. He's looking good. I'm one we're not gonna say anything bad about any Yeah It's cool though to have him back in there, you know He's a fighter this fighter like you know a lot of people. Oh man, you know, you got nothing left to prove But it's like it's just in him. It's just it's just what he wants to do with his time You know what I mean? It's like the most constructive thing that man could be doing Yeah, time is getting out there and performing for everyone So you know, you can be grateful that you can still have like legends like that and you'd be able to watch him now You you caught up with comedian Matt rife. You might have seen it on Instagram. Listen to if Matt rife does a lot of great crowd work So it was so distracting. I was like I was doing spider yesterday and I was like just like a long spider I was smashing the pads and I was like I looked over and I was like that looks like blonde Matt rife

9:16Okay, it really looks like I'm like half-steering at him as I'm like halfway from my workout What are you looking at? Yeah Then after I was like, you met my friend Hey, man, he's very funny man. How did that come about? Yeah, he came to the gym. Oh, the big fella There's a little drag of him there to put up a little bit of a sparring position And then they start moving around and I was like smash him rife. I was like smash him rife. He's washed The city we're gonna say anything better You just see Now so next question right And obviously there's been a bit for UFC fans in the press over the last week or so Some subject matters obviously we can't get into because it's breakfast radio and stuff

10:25Let's talk about it How do you see Gachy versus Patty? Can I feel like Patty's gonna get his jaw spun Yeah, you call her muck that's muck around and find out Yeah, yeah, so would you think anything will ever happen between you and patty regardless of results of your fights You know like even love to kick him in the face That would really warm my heart. No, like yeah, let's go down What does he say anything if I show up if I show up to Vegas this weekend 16 60 scalsers Yeah, don't just go around fretting me of places. You know, I'm not gonna be Why would I be in Vegas a week before my fight? Yeah, if I took what are we gonna go out and say to patty? Oh, if you see down the marital school shops next year And fretting people in a standard ground state is the dumbest you can put through Whatever carries that is stand your grounds. They ain't got to go nowhere my boy Dude, I'm just interested. I know we're gonna come back just otherwise, but do the UFC ever get in the middle of any type of

11:30Beefs that happen because obviously words can get heated and things can get said is is there ever any point where You know someone official or go where you guys fell asleep down or need the sides or whatever or is there nothing as it's I've never had it no sits in pretty audacious stuff Yeah Then the hangman hooker he's fighting UFC three two five three two four three two five It is first to feb in Sydney back with a next UFC fighter Dan the hangman hooker. He's in he's fighting first to feb in Sydney UFC three two five it is. He's fighting Saint Denise Benwha saint Denise the god of war. He calls himself bsd He's a monk you know kick his ass down you've been saying as well Hey, did you find a song of what you want to you put on Instagram while I go with ideas. I got some ideas You can't avoid you can't give away your own But you have found one cuz you're looking for a happy week about to before you have That's a little it's a little because it was a kiwi bangar. Are you asking for is that still what your thoughts were?

12:33Is it for a kiwi bangar bangar bangar? We got a bangar. We got a bangar. Picking claimant. What I'm on that Why don't you don't stick with one song because everyone always used to just Yeah, because if you do and then you uh you get your ass kicked to a song and then you have like the memory of the last time you walked out to him You got you got dog walked So you just have these horrible memories flooding Would you ever use many men again because I always think of when I think of many men I think you ragdoll boys are a marketive so it's like You know what I mean. Yeah, don't use it Yeah One minute scrap Dan hooker all such a great idea For those who don't know It's in the name. Yeah, yeah But how's it been going and what's coming next? No, we're good. We're not the dads on out Yeah, one of the one of the dads got $50,000 in time for Christmas, which is like the whole idea behind the whole thing

13:35But next one. Yeah, we're taking it back to the backyard We've got our first show, which was King of the streets We've got the the name of King of the streets on the line and uh the doc is putting up a hundred thousand dollars So there will be a hundred thousand dollars rich on a money man. That's a lot of money Just bring it out. Ah, this one's just the best of the best obviously the first king of the streets was Like no active freight fighters and I had yeah, you were in having a little I'll win you about that You know all this food on okay anyone anyone can enter so this one's open anyone could enter So hang on could Carlos all bring into this check your UFC contract before we start He's already he already tried to get you already tried to do a lot of moustache and You can't be that handsome into Is this when much makes us come back?

14:36Who's who's taking you on before how does this sound? What do you weigh much? Could you does he? What are you already roughly weighing? Oh look at big lunch. I could probably make it Make it to the hundred gigs. Yeah, same as what Cuz you need numbers I even had some of my Some of my mates were like oh there's a stag We got a stag in Auckland that we can go they go can we check the stag in Just shows up and like a chicken helpful But you would be the opponent Well, maybe We're gonna 200 kilo house jumped in and took the last spot 200

15:44This bloke took the last spot Yeah, five days after my fight I'm when when you're gonna come in at the end of last year I put it out on Instagram anyone got any questions for Hangman lots of questions came through but one that stuck with me with the one minute scraps Ever thought of doing tradies, you know, like yeah, I love tradies. Yeah, just do one. Yeah, one of each trade Yeah, and then there's some sort of battle off to find that who do you think would be the toughest trade? I reckon probably a traitly or be a hard man Yeah For these first keyweas has there been much sort of making this international yeah, yeah, yeah like this obviously After this one, I'm just gonna go meet with the doctor and probably it's like the craziest thing because you have obviously Like they've had people reach out to you and be like I'll bring it to Dubai and stuff Yeah, but I'm like you're kind of like loser but other

16:46That's itself very cool. What I want to do is is I want to do that like because I feel like they're most Untapped market and and the best fighters in the world especially the best heavyweight fighters are in the islands I'd love to go around and just do island by island and then do like a ocean out What's gonna happen? And doing just popping up on the beach and getting 32 clubs from somewhere Throwing lunchboxes at each other. I can see it happening Down the hangman hookah Absolutely Rover music radio podcasts Oh we right behind it rover music radio podcasts music radio podcasts