I tū rae ki te rae te uri o Maniapoto, a Dan "Hangman" Hooker ki tōna hoariri UFC, ki a Paul "The Irish Dragon" Felder ki waho o Spark Arena, i mua i tā rāua whawhai hei te Pēpuere.
He whawhai kua roa e hiahiatia ana e te tokorua nei. I wero atu a Dan Hooker ki a Paul Felder i tērā tau, engari kaare he aha i pahawa i tērā. Hei tā Hooker, atu i tērā wā, kua kawa katoa ia i te arero hahani o Felder.
Hei tā Hooker, "It couldn't have been more respectful the way that I approached him and the way I called him out and after my last fight he starts of making fun of me and things around me. So now, that's off the table, like the gentlemans agreement is off the table, now it's I'm coming for you."
Ko tā Felder, "I mean we are going to fist fight at the end of the day, so it's not like we need to be high fiving each other and giving each other little butt slaps. So if he says he's going to smash my face and I poke fun back at him, it's all in good fun man. It's MMA."
Koinei te wā tuatoru kua whawhai a Hooker i te wā kāinga, koinei hoki te wā tuatahi ka tū ia hei kaiwhawhai matua i tētahi hui UFC. Kātahi te tangata harikoa, ko ia.
"If you're against a lesser opponent or you're fighting away in the middle of nowhere and no one cares you know it can be - you still train hard just as hard but it's harder to motivate yourself. I feel this fight's going to be a breeze to get out of bed in the morning."
Ko Felder te toa tuaono i te ao, ko Hooker te tuawhitu. Mā te wikitōria, ka piki atu tētahi ki te kāhui toa e rima, te wāhi e āhei ai te tuku tono whawhai mō te taitara o te ao.
"He's proven it, I've proven it and now it's time to move up the rankings and get that shot. The winner of this is definitely going to get either a main event spot, or maybe a co-main on a pay per view with title implications on the line," te kī a Felder.
E ai ki a Hooker, "If he breaks both arms, I couldn't care less as long as I get the win here. I feel like it's getting my hand raised at the end of this fight is all I'm focusing on whether that be via a fraction or a mile I couldn't care less."
