It was a matchup for which fans of all-action fights had set up reminders in their Google calendars: Former UFC interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier vs. Dan Hooker , which was expected to headline UFC San Diego on May 16. Then, as everyone who is currently spending their days isolated at home can tell you, the worldwide coronavirus pandemic hit. Any attempt at making the bout, which had been agreed upon but not yet formally signed, went by the wayside when the state of California extended its suspension of combat sports activity through the end of May, thus wiping out the UFC’s planned card. Hooker, for his part, was understandably bummed out about the event falling out. “This is just something I live for, man,” Hooker recently told MMA Junkie
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Dan Hooker hopes matchup with Dustin Poirier gets rescheduled – MMA Junkie