Overview
- Hooker said in a new interview that he cut corners in camp and was “cheating the grind.”
- He revealed he drank every day during the Mateusz Gamrot camp and had his foot off the grindstone.
- He linked that lax approach to a quick submission loss to Arman Tsarukyan and a second‑round TKO by Benoit Saint‑Denis at UFC 325.
- He said the Saint‑Denis result hurts most because he believes he is better and skipped key work like footwork, grappling, and conditioning.
- He vowed not to repeat those habits and claimed a focused camp would make a Renato Moicano matchup a cake walk, though he doubts it gets booked.