{"id":23703,"date":"2025-07-26T13:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T13:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/23703\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T13:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T13:56:10","slug":"ufcs-dan-hooker-shoots-his-shot-calls-out-charles-oliveira-for-msg-showdown-in-november-someone-wake-up-charlie-olives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/23703\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC\u2019s Dan Hooker shoots his shot, calls out Charles Oliveira for MSG showdown in November: \u2018Someone wake up Charlie Olives\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"v6YWM1\">Dan Hooker is finally over his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/3\/3\/24376952\/pic-dan-hooker-undergoes-surgery-ufc-313-injury-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two hand surgeries<\/a> and eager to book a return fight against former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira this November.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3bGROp\">If you can\u2019t remember seeing Hooker compete inside the Octagon this past year that\u2019s because he hasn\u2019t. The lightweight contender hasn\u2019t seen action since capturing a split decision over Mateusz Gamrot back in Aug. 2024 to extend his current win streak to three. Hooker was rewarded with a big opportunity to fight Justin Gaethje at UFC 313 this past March, but an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/3\/3\/24376952\/pic-dan-hooker-undergoes-surgery-ufc-313-injury-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">injury to his hand<\/a> knocked him out of commission.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3w2FAg\">Unfortunately, Hooker needed yet another surgery on his hand back in May. \u201cHangman\u201d had revealed that UFC pegged him as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/5\/1\/24421570\/dan-hooker-offered-backup-slot-for-poirier-vs-holloway-bmf-belt-fight-at-ufc-318\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">backup fighter for Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier 3<\/a>, but his ongoing hand issue prevented him from stepping up. As a result of all his recent injuries, Hooker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/2\/25\/24372806\/what-happened-dan-hooker-hangman-details-injury-torpedoed-justin-gaethje-fight-ufc-313-mma?utm_source=us.newsexplorer.net&amp;utm_campaign=newsexplorer.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hasn\u2019t fought in almost a year<\/a>. He\u2019s been staying busy by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/5\/29\/24439689\/watch-the-entirety-of-ufc-lightweight-dan-hookers-insane-50000-backyard-tournament\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hosting a backyard fight league<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"UJMZGu\">Luckily, it now appears Hooker is finally healthy and looking to book his return to action. On Friday, the lightweight contender took to social media to shoot his shot at a meeting with Oliveira later this year, presumably at UFC\u2019s upcoming pay-per-view (PPV) card inside Madison Square Garden in New York City. Check it out below:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Someone wake up Charlie Olives and tell him we fighting in November.  <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Hangman Hooker (@danthehangman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danthehangman\/status\/1948844161064730728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"id__qw3yusr4jm8\">\u201cSomeone wake up Charlie Olives and tell him we fighting in November,\u201d wrote Hooker.<\/p>\n<p id=\"81HKIO\">As for Oiveira, he\u2019s coming off a disastrous knockout loss to Ilia Topuria for the vacant UFC lightweight title back at UFC 317 this past June. If he\u2019s looking for a friendly matchup to return to the win column by year\u2019s end then \u201cdo Bronx\u201d has found his dance partner. Hooker is an all-in type of fighter that would help turn a matchup with Oliveira into one of the best fights of the year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"JkUWEe\">What are your thoughts on a Hooker vs. Oliveira showdown at MSG?<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dan Hooker is finally over his two hand surgeries and eager to book a return fight against former&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,14170,23692,23698,1646,23689,786,580,585,9703,23690,4717,1347,785,1645,23694,23695,23693,23699,1927,1628,23691,2174,6081,23696,85,787,1396,8045,23697],"class_list":["post-23703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-calls","tag-charles","tag-charlie","tag-com","tag-dan","tag-fighting","tag-for","tag-front-page","tag-his","tag-hooker","tag-in","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-mmamania","tag-msg","tag-november","tag-oliveira","tag-olives","tag-out","tag-s","tag-shoots","tag-shot","tag-showdown","tag-someone","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news","tag-up","tag-wake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}