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 has no regrets about meeting Max Holloway in the middle at UFC 300, saying he’s proud he chooses "Fight" every time.

Gaethje, nor the UFC have responded to Hooker's injury. It's unclear if Gaethje will remain on the card if Hooker is removed. The lightweight fight was the main support for UFC 313, headlined by UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira vs. Magomed Ankalaev on March 8.

Justin Gaethje is not too sure he’ll get a title shot with a win over Rafael Fiziev at UFC 313, but thinks it puts him in title contention.

Justin Gaethje has receipts to back claims that he is UFC's most exciting fighter. Gaethje is the only athlete to win post-fight bonuses in his first seven fights. Even more remarkable, Gaethje has received 13 post-fight bonuses in 13 fights.

It takes a special kind of crazy to want to fight Justin Gaethje even with a full camp. Yet once the door opened to do so on short notice at UFC 313, Rafael Fiziev leaped through it.

Prior to a brutal knockout loss to Holloway at UFC 300, Gaethje fought beautifully en route to a decision effort over Rafael Fiziev and headkick KO of Dustin Poirier. The momentum the former BMF champion had going for him now gone,