Dan Hooker is set to venture where few UFC fighters have gone before him.
When the Kiwi lightweight steps into the octagon to put his No. 9 ranking on the line against No. 12 Bobby Green in Texas on December 3, he will do so in a set of unique circumstances as the co-main event.
In the UFC, all fights consist of three five-minute rounds barring main events and title fights, which are five five-minute rounds. However, there are rare occasions when the UFC will book a five-round non-title bout.
This is one of those situations, with UFC president Dana White revealing Hooker and Green is lined up as a five-round co-main event (the penultimate fight of the card).
The Herald understands Hooker and Green were initially being targeted as the headliner for the event at Austin’s Moody Center, and his team had agreed to a five-round fight.