Dan Hooker responds to Arman Tsarukyan’s comments about the Nina Marie interview and calls for a fight at UFC 317.

UFC lightweight Dan Hooker was supposed to fight Justin Gaethje at UFC 313, but recently had surgery for an injured hand.

Dan Hooker calls out Arman Tsarukyan to a fight at #UFC317 👀 “He does an interview with Nina Drama where he’s actually creeping on her… International Fight Week, I’ll kick Arman right in the monobrow.” 🎥 @skysportnz #UFC #MMA pic.twitter.com/OrEZeszFdh

Dan Hooker, who’s trained extensively with Israel Adesanya, at City Kickboxing in Auckland, New Zealand, says that his friend is misunderstood. While some fans aren’t too fond of ‘The Last Style Bender’, his countryman is adamant that the former UFC middleweight champion is a lovely character. Whereas, he himself, isn’t quite so kind.

Dan Hooker wasn't going to let a broken hand get in the way of him fighting Justin Gaethje...but, that wasn't really his call to make. A couple of weeks prior to UFC 313, the #6 UFC lightweight contender fractured his left hand while sparring,

Hooker (24-12 MMA, 14-8 UFC) withdrew from his lightweight co-main event against Justin Gaethje (25-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) Saturday at UFC 313 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas ( ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+) after sustaining an injury to his left hand.

Dan ‘The Hangman’ Hooker has gone under the knife for the injury that forced him out of his UFC 313 co-main event fight against Justin Gaethje.

After Arman Tsarukyan mocked his hand injury, Dan Hooker fired back, making it clear he’s not letting it slide.

When Arman Tsarukyan pulled out just days before UFC 311, people were quite confused with the situation and the timing during which that happened. The post After Dan Hooker’s Jibe at Arman Tsarukyan’s Father,

Dan Hooker claims he is out of Justin Gaethje ‘fight of the year’ due to injury - Hooker showed off a swollen hand on YouTube, saying he ‘was supposed to have a fight’

Dan Hooker has undergone hand surgery following an injury that forced him to withdraw from his highly anticipated co-main event bout against Justin Gaethje at UFC 313.

Dan Hooker underwent surgery on his left hand after withdrawing from Saturday's co-main event lightweight fight against Justin Gaethje at UFC 313.