A broken hand has forced Dan Hooker to withdraw from UFC 285 on March 4 in Las Vegas.
Multiple people with knowledge of the situation confirmed the news to MMA Fighting. The promotion is currently seeking a replacement for Hooker’s originally scheduled opponent, Jalin Turner.
UFC 285 takes place at T-Mobile Arena and is headlined by a heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Ciryl Gane, who will compete for the belt left vacant by the exit of now-former champ Francis Ngannou.
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 is currently on a five-fight winning streak and loses out on the chance to put a big name on his resume. The 27-year-old fighter most recently submitted Brad Riddell at UFC 276.