The UFC’s end-of-2017 pay-per-view card is slowly but surely coming together.
UFC officials announced on Tuesday that lightweight Daniel Hooker will take on Marc Diakiese at UFC 219 on December 30th. It’s a matchup between a fighter coming off a win (Hooker) and one looking to rebound from a loss (Diakiese).
Hooker (14-7) has alternated wins and losses in his six-fight UFC stint. The 27-year-old crushed Ross Pearson with a brutal knee at UFC Auckland in his native New Zealand. That win also marked a return to the lightweight division for Hooker, who’d fought his previous bouts inside the Octagon as a featherweight, including a memorable KO of former contender Hatsu Hioki.