Fight Club podcast: Dan Hooker prepares for huge night in Paris & UFC Shanghai review

Sport Nation • September 3rd, 2026 3:52 pm

Dan Hooker | Photo: Bianca De Marchi/AAP

Brad Lewis and Stephen Foote are back with another buffet of bloodliness!

The lads begin in China, where it was a rough night for Kiwis Lawrence Lui and Kasib Murdoch but a huge one for local Song Yadong, who sent the hometown faithful into raptures with his shock win over the heavily favoured Umar Nurmagomedov.

What does it mean for the bantamweight division? How much of a setback is this for the Dagestani?

The show rounds out with a deep dive on Kiwi Dan Hooker's main event clash with French hypetrain Salahdine Parnasse in Paris on Sunday, where he'll be contending as a sizeable underdog in front of a raucous crowd baying for the Hangman's blood.

But are the oddsmakers sleeping on the Aucklander?

Listen to the episode below:

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Fight Club podcast: Dan Hooker prepares for huge night in Paris & UFC Shanghai review

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