Dan Hooker said he is out of his five-round fight against Justin Gaethje on March 8 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) due to a hand injury. The injury was first revealed when Hooker mentioned it in a video posted to his daughter’s YouTube channel, “Zoe Hooker TV,” on Tuesday.

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.

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 accuses Arman Tsarukyan of inappropriate behavior towards Nina Drama, calling him a 'creep,' but fans largely side with Arman. Hooker, recovering from hand surgery after pulling out of UFC 313,

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 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.