Dan Hooker has had to quit UFC 285 due to a broken hand. He was forced from the UFC fight in Las Vegas on March .
Multiple people who were aware of the matter confirmed that the information was correct to MMA Fighting. The promotion is currently seeking a replacement for Hooker’s originally scheduled opponent, Jalin Turner.
UFC 285 will be held at T-Mobile Arena. It features a heavyweight title bout between Jon Jones (heavyweight) and Ciryl Gane (heavyweight), who will fight for the vacant belt that Francis Ngannou left behind.
Hooker got back to the win column this past November with a second-round stoppage of Claudio Puelles at UFC 281. Previously, he had gone 1-4 with setbacks against top-ranked opposition including now-champ Islam Makhachev, former interim champ Dustin Poirier and former Bellator champ Michael Chandler.
*Turner currently has a winning streak of five fights and is now out of the running for a major title. The 27-year-old fighter most recently submitted Brad Riddell at UFC 276.
Source: https://www.mmafighting.com/2023/2/8/23591821/dan-hooker-out-of-ufc-285-with-broken-hand-opponent-sought-for-jalin-turner?rand=96749
