DAN HOOKER!!!!!!@DanTheHangman KOs Pearson here in round 2!! WOW!!! #UFCAuckland pic.twitter.com/i4Jjb6QnXk
— UFC (@ufc) June 11, 2017
It really doesn’t get better than timing your opponent’s bobbing and weaving into a perfectly-timed knee to the face. Bonus points for sending his mouthpiece fluttering into the air. Dan Hooker earned one of these fabled impeccable knockouts when he somewhat casually lifted his knee and collided with the consciousness of Pearson, which was sent back to the United Kingdom by way of Kiwi knee. Kiwini?
Just look at this:
Forget shooting, it's dangerous to bob your head in front of a kid this tall. pic.twitter.com/GkDnaBjdwL
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) June 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/UnderhookDDT/status/873747272818872320
What sucks is that this could be the way Pearson’s career ends. At least with the UFC. He’d lost his previous three and is 4-8 now in his last 12 since that weird Melvin Guillard illegal knee incident in 2013. Here’s that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfdVtEm8Qsg
Yes, this was an absolutely incredible strike, and there are few men who could ever walk away from something landing so on the button like that, but Pearson’s chin is also looking a little different than years past. The guy’s 32 now, he’s been in some wars. I’m not gonna say “retire” or anything, but at some point, a fighter needs to think about their health and their family so they need to just move on to Bellator.
