‘It’s brutal to hear these people that you kind of idolize a little bit sh*tting all over you’ – Chase Hooper not happy with Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier’s commentary
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Chase Hooper produced a stellar performance against Peter Barrett at UFC 256, recently, ultimately winning via. submission (heel hook). However, there was something which the 21-year-old American, didn’t like about the event – it was Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier’s commentary.
Joe Rogan was heard claiming midway through the fight, that Hooper’s leg was done and he needed to ‘pull guard’. This didn’t particularly sit well with Chase Hooper as he admitted that it was quite brutal listening to Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier’s commentary and that his leg wasn’t as bad as Joe Rogan was projecting it to be.
While appearing on What the Heck, Hooper told MMA Fighting that he wasn’t happy with people whom he idolized talking ‘trash’ about him.
“It’s just a little harder when it’s about you specifically” – Chase Hooper
Hooper was quoted as saying, “It was more one of those things where I was like, ‘F*ck, I should’ve checked those way earlier. I should’ve been on top of that because we knew going in that he was going to throw a lot of leg kicks, but I was real focused on his overhand left [since] he likes to throw that a lot.” [via MMA Fighting]
Hooper further added, “It’s brutal to hear these people that you kind of idolize a little bit sh*tting all over you. It’s hard to deal with. Some points were valid but I just feel like it was a little more accentuated than it needed to be. Obviously, I know I need to work on my striking, and I’m getting that situated. I’m gonna go to Thailand and get the work in that I need.” [via MMA Fighting]
Saying that the commentary throughout the night was quite over-the-top and brutal the whole night, Hooper said, “But I think, because of this narrative that people have that, ‘Oh, his striking is so bad,’ but I was holding my own to an extent. I never felt out of there, I didn’t get rocked, I didn’t get anything significant landed on me anywhere besides my legs, so I feel like I’m making the improvements, but that was glossed over. I heard they were pretty brutal the whole night, overall. It’s just a little harder when it’s about you specifically.” [via MMA Fighting]
What are your thoughts on this? Were Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier atrocious at UFC 256, in the job they usually pull-off with much panache? Or is Chase Hooper exaggerating?
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