In a significant development ahead of UFC 313, scheduled for March 8, 2025, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Dan Hooker has withdrawn from his co-main event bout against Justin Gaethje due to a hand injury sustained during training.

When Arman Tsarukyan pulled out just days before UFC 311, people were quite confused with the situation and the timing during which that happened. The post After Dan Hooker’s Jibe at Arman Tsarukyan’s Father,

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).