MIAMI – Chase Hooper met the media Saturday after his win over Jim Miller at UFC 314.
Hooper has five straight wins, and the last two have been against some of the longest-standing lightweights on the UFC’s roster. This past December at UFC 310, he picked up a post-fight bonus when he submitted Clay Guida. And Saturday, Hooper (16-3-1 MMA, 8-3 UFC) dominated Jim Miller (38-19 MMA, 27-18 UFC) for a unanimous decision at UFC 314.
Guida turned 43 the day after they fought. Miller is 41. Hooper, 25, said he’d like to be matched up against someone of similar experience.
“Half the kids I train with are 19 or 20, so I’m definitely feeling like the old guy now,” Hooper said. “I feel like I’ve been in this business for a while. I started fighting at 16, and nine years later, here we are. I do feel old. I do feel beat up a little bit. But that’s the business. I feel more established. This is my time. I’m making my way up the division. I don’t think anyone gets a pretty win over Jim Miller.”
Check out Hooper’s post-fight news conference in the video above.
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