Dan
Hooker is out of his upcoming clash against Bobby Green
with less than 10 days to go before fight night.
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Hooker was scheduled to take on Green in the co-main event at
UFC on
ESPN 52, which goes down at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas
on Dec. 2. “The Hangman” has now been forced out of the matchup due
to an arm injury, according to the
New Zealand Herald. Multiple outlets have since confirmed the
news. A replacement opponent for Green is being sought.
Earlier this year, Hooker pulled out of a scheduled clash against
Jalin
Turner at UFC 285 in March due to a broken hand. He later went
to defeat Turner via split decision at UFC 290 but broke his arm in
the fight. The Kiwi has now reportedly been forced out of UFC
Austin due to a similar injury.
“It’s just one of those things. I’ve been kicked a thousand times
in the last two months and he just got me on the right spot. It’s
broken on the same spot as I broke it last time,” Hooker told the
Herald.
“I just didn’t give it enough time to set. It probably didn’t need
too much, just another month of lifting weights so it could set,
but I just jumped straight into training camp which takes a toll on
your body … It just hadn’t set.”
Hooker is currently on a two-fight winning streak with wins over
Turner and Claudio
Puelles. Meanwhile, Green is unbeaten in his last three,
including a 33-second KO against Grant
Dawson in a main-event clash last month.
The scheduled co-main event between Hooker and Green was supposed
to be a five-rounder,
a stipulation which didn’t please “The Hangman.”