Or is it Dan Hooker’s time?
After a perfectly mediocre 3-3 start to his UFC stint while competing at featherweight, Hooker stopped trying to force himself down to 145 and has thrived since making the jump to lightweight.
With the exception of a memorably brutal loss to Barboza in which he nonetheless exhibited exquisite toughness, Hooker has been hard to touch at lightweight, going 6-1. His UFC 243 win over Al Iaquinta, in which he earned a 30-26 on one judge’s card, demonstrated that he had reached a certain level.
Felder is roughly on the same level in the pecking order as Iaquinta. So just like a Felder win would vault him up to the elite level, so is the obverse true: Competing at home in the main-event spotlight, this is Hooker’s opportunity to show the world where he stands.
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