Justin Gaethje and then Hooker have two very different perspectives on what they have to do after their fight.
Hooker suffered a break on his hand in sparring for the fight so that he could not fight in what would be the UFC 313 Co-Main event. Despite the fact that Alex Pereira is the headliner, Gaethje vs Hooker was expected to be the most exciting fight of the night in Las Vegas.
But now Gaethje is looking for a new opponent after being called by people like Renato Moicano and Rafael Fiziev, whom he already defeated in 2023.
Justin Gaethje breaks his silence on UFC 313 cancellation
Justin Gaethje was not quick to respond to the news that his fight with Hooker would be canceled, which was announced at night for Americans. The New -Zeelander even underwent regular media people, including an interview with New York Post before he was received that the fight was eliminated.
And Gaethje, who had posted videos and photos of his training camp just as recently as last night, insists that he will stay on the UFC 313 -Vecht card. He went to Snapchat to share a short message with the text: “Hooker is out of the fight. Waiting for a new opponent. “
Only two hours ago he shared videos of his practice sessions. With a number of top UFC stars such as Moicano calling him, there are many options to keep it on the Vecht card in the Co-Main Event Slot for next week.
Dan Hooker says he would still fight against Justin Gaethje despite horror injury
Immediately after the suffering of the injury, Hooker appeared in Studio for Sky Sport NZ, where he regularly appears as an expert. He showed off the severity of his fracture, but claimed that he would even be willing to wear different sizes of gloves if it meant that the fight would stop.
“One of the legs is not doing so well,” he told Ravinder Hunia during their show, before explaining exactly what the drastic swelling had caused. “Last night, just like me, just let it go, let's go, I threw a number of bombs in the reach and caught one of the boys on the dome with my knuckle.
“I didn't think too much about it, but they sent me away to get a CT scan, had a small CT scan and they told me my hand was broken.”
He was willing to keep fighting, but noticed that medicalities can be difficult if they look at his hands. “I would clearly still fight,” he was on, but with the medical people if they squeeze your hands, I would just be there [cringeing in pain]. We will see how it all happens. “
When Hunia joked that he might not fit in his gloves by the time he came to Las Vegas, he might need two different sizes. “I will be like” May I have one big glove and one 3XL please? ” They will be like “what?” “
Justin Gaethje and then Hooker have different ideas about what happens after UFC 313 cancellation
Although Gaethje would like to be converted against a new opponent, Hooker was hopeful that the fight may be organized for a different date. It is unclear how long his recovery period will be, but he seemed to be very upset about the idea of losing such a controversial game and abandoning fans.
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“We will see if we can kick this fight on the road,” he said in a more gloomy tone. “We'll just wait, honey. “It's just a shame it was so close.
“Of course I was stripped for all fans I know they were enthusiastic about this fight. That is probably the most important thing, only the Lords of War were not happy and they took it away from you. “
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