UFC light-weight contender Beneil Dariush has responded to Dan Hooker’s mass callout for a combat at UFC 305 in Perth.
Dariush hasn’t fought since a knockout loss to Arman Tsarukyan at UFC Austin again in December. He misplaced back-to-back fights in 2023, together with a TKO loss to Charles Oliveira at UFC 289 that halted his light-weight title shot bid.
Dariush has obtained callouts from quite a few light-weight contenders throughout his absence, together with from Hooker and Renato Moicano. Hooker hasn’t fought since a win over Jalin Turner at UFC 290 final July.
Hooker is finished recovering from an harm that pressured his withdrawal from a conflict in opposition to Bobby Inexperienced in December. As he prepares for his UFC comeback, he just lately took to Twitter to name out among the division’s high names.
Any human god made UFC 305
Dariosh/moycano/fiviev/spamshot
I don’t give a fuck
— Dan Hangman Hooker (@danthehangman) June 6, 2024
Beneil Dariush solutions Dan Hooker’s UFC 305 callout
Throughout a latest interview with Helen Yee, Dariush addressed Hooker’s newest callout for UFC 305 in Perth.
“Possibly, I’ve rather a lot happening, rather a lot on my plate proper now. But when I can get all of it found out,” Dariush stated. “I really feel unhealthy as a result of this man’s been calling me out for therefore lengthy, and usually I simply say sure to folks, and he’s the one man I can by no means appear to schedule and get the fitting schedule with. Possibly we find yourself doing it in Australia, I really like Australia, aside from the very fact they’re gonna tax me like no different. Possibly we do it in Vegas or some other place the place we don’t get taxed like Abu Dhabi or one thing, we’ll determine it out.”
Dariush and Hooker are each trying to get again within the combine within the light-weight title image. UFC 305 is anticipated to be headlined by the return of UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis in opposition to Israel Adesanya, though nothing has been formally introduced.
Dariush appears eager on accepting Hooker’s combat callout, though it won’t come within the timeframe that Hooker wishes. A combat announcement for each males might materialize within the coming weeks.