Hooker (24-12 MMA, 14-8 UFC) and Tsarukyan have recently been trading barbs, with Hooker questioning Tsarukyan’s last-day withdrawal from UFC 311. Tsarukyan jumped at the opportunity to fire back when Hooker pulled out of Saturday’s UFC 313 co-main event against Justin Gaethje due to a fractured hand.

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,

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,

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

Dan Hooker ridiculed Arman Tsarukyan for pulling out of UFC 311, and Tsarukyan made sure to return the favor. "Daddy can't buy you a backbone." That's what Hooker said of Tsarukyan's last-minute withdrawal from his scheduled title fight against Islam Makhachev (via Submission Radio).