Justin Gaethje outed numerous lightweights for apparently declining to fight him on short notice at UFC 313. Gaethje was in need of a new opponent after Dan Hooker withdrew from their March 8 co-main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas due to a fractured hand.

Justin Gaethje will still compete at UFC 313 in Las Vegas, but it’ll be Rafael Fiziev instead of Dan Hooker who faces him.

Dan Hooker will no longer face Justin Gaethje after revealing that he'd fractured his hand in training for their clash at UFC 313. The bout between New Zealand's Hooker and the United States' Gaethje was one of the most eagerly-anticipated bouts on the March 8 fight card for Las Vegas.

Justin Gaethje vs. Dan Hooker seems to be off the table. On Tuesday, Hooker suggested he could no longer take part in UFC 313's barnburner co-main event after suffering a hand injury. "Dad had a fight,