Dan Hooker Explains Call-Out Of Paul Felder Following UFC Fight Night 128 Win

Dan Hooker spoke following his win over Jim Miller at UFC Fight Night 128 about calling out Paul Felder and more. Highlights are below, per MMAjunkie:

On On calling out Paul Felder after the win: “I said that before this fight, ‘I wanted a top-15 guy’ I know that I deserve a top-15 guy, and that’s what’s next for me. And if I’ve got one standing there in front of me, I’m going to ask on the spot. I’m going to deal with it face to face instead of getting on Twitter and being a little Twitter thug and calling people out when I had him standing right there when I win. Any of the top-15 guys standing there I would have called them out, but I feel like a fight with Paul Felder is good, man. We’re both exciting guys; he’s top-15. He want the fight too, so Sean (Shelby) knows what to do.”

In his post-match reaction to the win: “I just shoot from the hip. If I felt like (celebrating more) I would do it. I would have done it if that was my reaction, but I shoot from the hip, and that’s my reaction.”

On his knee strike finish: “That’s just one of my tools. That knee is one I’ve hit a couple times in my career. But that’s just one of my tools.”