{"id":58215,"date":"2026-07-28T20:29:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/58215\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T20:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:29:38","slug":"dan-hooker-details-death-threats-received-from-salahdine-parnasses-fans-since-ufc-paris-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/58215\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Hooker details &#8216;death threats&#8217; received from Salahdine Parnasse&#8217;s fans since UFC Paris announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Hooker has allegedly received threats from Salahdine Parnasse\u2019s fans just hours after the UFC Paris main event was announced.<\/p>\n<p>UFC lightweight contender Dan Hooker will face one of the promotion\u2019s biggest signees of the year, Salahdine Parnasse, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ufc\/salahdine-parnasse-explains-why-he-decided-to-sign-with-the-ufc-and-headline-ufc-paris-against-dan-hooker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in the UFC Paris main event<\/a> on September 5th. Parnasse, a former two-division KSW champion, most recently earned a viral knockout at the Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano event in May.<\/p>\n<p>As Parnasse looks to make a statement in his hyped UFC debut, Hooker is looking to snap a two-fight skid after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/paddy-pimblett\/paddy-pimblett-reacts-to-dan-hookers-loss-against-benoit-saint-denis-at-ufc-325\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recent losses to Benoit Saint-Denis<\/a> and Arman Tsarukyan. A win over Parnasse could catapult Hooker back into the lightweight title mix.<\/p>\n<p>Hooker isn\u2019t a stranger to passionate fight fans of his opponents, as he\u2019s dealt with some social media jabs from fans ahead of some of his best performances. But ahead of UFC Paris, Hooker\u2019s life was threatened immediately after the UFC announced the Parnasse main event.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Hooker accuses Salahdine Parnasse\u2019s fans of \u2018outrageous\u2019 threats ahead of UFC Paris<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vS7rP1x7Y5k?si=6e_q9d1GMb6Efsa3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Submission Radio<\/a>, Hooker explained the unprecedented hate he\u2019s received ahead of UFC Paris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here to ruin hopes and dreams. This kid wants to come in, make a name for himself, crack the top 10, he wants to be a superstar. Well, I\u2019m going to fly to France, and I\u2019m going to f\u2014 everyone\u2019s night up. That is my plan,\u201d Hooker said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe death threats have been outrageous. I didn\u2019t get it when I fought [Benoit Saint-Denis]. French people have been speaking French and telling me I\u2019m going to die and telling me they\u2019re going to kill me\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoever this c\u2014\u2018s fans are, they\u2019re outrageous,\u201d Hooker continued. \u201cIt\u2019s going to feel pretty sweet to shut this kid\u2019s lights out and making these guys eat their words.\u201d (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2026\/07\/27\/ufc-paris-dan-hooker-ruin-hopes-dreams-salahdine-parnasse\/91059919007\/?taid=6a67d649ef0236000168a9a9&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=trueanthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MMA Junkie<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Hooker has stopped several hype trains during his UFC career, including James Vick, Jalin Turner, and Marc Diakiese. He\u2019ll look to add another highlight-reel win against Parnasse this Fall.<\/p>\n<p>What is your prediction for Dan Hooker vs. Salahdine Parnasse? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dan Hooker has allegedly received threats from Salahdine Parnasse\u2019s fans just hours after the UFC Paris main event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[36531,12036,30,36532,12037,33898],"class_list":["post-58215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-paris","tag-dan-hooker","tag-mma","tag-paris","tag-salahdine-parnasse","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-paris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}