Dan Hooker vs Gilbert Burns
The Story
Two future top-five lightweights — Dan Hooker and Gilbert Burns — meeting on the UFC 226 main card before either had broken through, a fight that ended in a vicious first-round KO.
The Stakes
- •Hooker's lightweight identity after the move up from FW
- •Burns's lightweight UFC debut after years at the weight class
- •International Fight Week main-card slot
- •another finish to extend Hooker's lightweight reputation