It’s been a week for UFC lightweight Dan Hooker who withdrew from his premiere matchup with Justin Gaethje at UFC 313.
On Tuesday, Hooker revealed on his daughter’s YouTube channel that he was out of the fight because he “broke his paw”. He went into a little bit more detail with Sky Sports New Zealand.
“One of the paws is not doing too well. I was sparring last night, as I do, just letting some hooks go, just throwing some bombs down range, and I just caught one of the boys on the top of the dome with my knuckle,” he told Sky Sports NZ.
“I don’t think too much of it but they sent me off to get a CT scan. Had a little CT scan and they told me my hand is fractured.”
Hooker knows that fans are disappointed in the withdrawal and chalked it up to the ‘Lords of war’ being unhappy.
“It’s unfortunate that it was this close. Obviously, gutted for all the fans that I know that were excited for this fight. That’s probably the main thing, I think. The Lords of War were not happy, and they took it away from you,” he said.
Fighters have already come out and volunteered to take his spot against Gaethje, but one did not reach out to be helpful.
Arman Tsarukyan went on X to go at Hooker. ‘Hangman’ did not hesitate in his response.
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“Karma doesn’t miss. Big mouth, glass hands – maybe just stick to talking instead of fighting, @danthehangman,” wrote Tsarukyan.
“If only your dad pulled out quicker than your last fight. Glass hand haha glass house,” Hooker responded.
Tsarukyan withdrew from his title challenging fight against Islam Makhachev at UFC 311 on weigh-in day. Renato Moicano took his place in the main event.
