Traveling and interacting with personalities from all around the world has become a trademark for Speed’s YouTube trend. On top of that, the YouTuber is pretty famous for being full of beans. But little did the netizens know that the high-energy streamer would join Dan Hooker for a sparring session. You read that right! Speed and the ‘Hangman’ were inside the cage together during the YouTuber’s visit to New Zealand. 

“Nobody in here can beat me at boxing,” was what Speed claimed before fighting Hooker. This made the Hooker clap with focus pads on his hands. Needless to say, he seemed excited to teach Speed a lesson. But the YouTuber was quick to change the rules at his convenience.

“No kicking. I know how this sport goes. I don’t want nothing broken. Let’s do boxing,” he pitched. As the friendly fight commenced, Speed did nothing much except bounce around the cage and maintain his distance. But Hooker brought out his experience by sending strikes after strikes. 

Even though Speed complained about their weight difference, it turned against him. After all, the Kiwi reminded him, “I’m lighter than you.” In the end, Speed couldn’t take it anymore and as he left the cage, he said, “You a good a** fighter, I could tell you were going easy on me.” Soon after that, the ‘Hangman’ took to Instagram to compliment IShowSpeed. He shared a picture of them together inside the gym’s cage and wrote, “B**ls of steel this man.”

Soon after Hooker shared the visual on his social media, the fight fans took to the comments section to reveal their thoughts on the unexpected collab. Let’s see what the fighting community had to say.

Dan Hooker and IShowSpeed’s collaboration leaves the netizens in awe

Even after being put down by Hooker multiple times, Speed appeared happy and energetic throughout his interaction with the New Zealander. This made the fight fans believe that the YouTuber was indeed enjoying his time in the country. One fan reflected on this and commented, “Speed actually looks like he’s genuinely enjoying New Zealand, the culture & everything too.” Even the netizens seemed to have enjoyed the collaboration. One fan claimed, “Not the duo i expected but the duo i needed.” Meanwhile, another wrote, “I never expected to see this duo, i love it.”

Some of the fans commended Speed for jumping inside the cage with Hooker. After all, taking on a UFC fighter, even if it’s a friendly bout is a courageous task. One fan commented, “Takes b**ls to hop in the cage speed is crazy already.” But a few others criticized Hooker’s caption, quoting, “you were tryna kill him in there bro.” Nevertheless, one thing was for sure. It was an interaction between a UFC fighter and his fan. One netizen took note of it and wrote, “The BMF with a fan.” Yes, it was a reference to Dustin Poirier’s 4-man BMF championship.

But what surprised the netizens the most was Hooker’s choice of song to put on his Instagram post. It was one of YoungBoy’s songs and it greatly impressed the fans. One fan wrote, “Hangman honestly got the best music taste out of all ufc fighters.” Another comment read, “Dan listen to YB now I’m a bigger fan.” 

Did you anticipate a collab between Speed and Hooker? Who else do you think should Speed collaborate with in the MMA realm? Let us know what you think in the comments down below.