Undeterred by his current losing skid, Dan Hooker wants to continue climbing up the lightweight ladder. Hooker (20-10 MMA, 10-6 UFC), who’s lost his past two in a row to former interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier and current title challenger Michael Chandler, is looking to get back on track. A name that excites him is former 155-pound champion Rafael dos Anjos (31-13 MMA, 19-11 UFC), who’s ranked No. 6 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie lightweight rankings , while Hooker sits at No. 9. “ Anyone ranked above me would be a good fight for me,” Hooker recently told “Submission Radio.” “But yeah, fights that make sense.

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Dan Hooker targets summer return, thinks Rafael dos Anjos matchup makes sense – MMA Junkie

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