Rumors are floating around the narrow roads and crevices of the MMA world that Dan Hooker has been roped in to fight the number two-ranked lightweight fighter, Charles Oliveira. Interestingly, ‘The Hangman’ has spoken about this aspect recently and given a little update on what he wants. He had replied to a fan previously about this and said, “You can officially kiss my *ss I’m fighting Charlie olives.” However, there was no official announcement from the UFC. Meanwhile, since the fighter has already spoken about it and is still interested in fighting Olivera, fans can have a slight hope that this matchup might happen in December.

The Instagram page of MMA pros pick uploaded a snippet of his interview with Sky Sports where he again declared his desire to fight ‘Do Bronx.’ Hooker said, “And then I fight Charles Oliveira, that looks like the most likely option to happen. You are one fight of the title shot. Charles Oliveira is the one who my management is looking for. Just because the title fight is locked in and Islam is injured at the moment. That’s moved that fight further down the road. Arman vs  Islam that’s for the title. And then the winner of me and Charles fight the winner of that.”

When the reporter asked him about the time frame that he would have to train for this fight, he declared that it would be perfect. This is because he would get some time to rest and get back to the camp before December. The Brazilian has also been linked to several high-profile fighters and even Alexander Volkanovski mentioned him as an exciting potential opponent.

Now there is also another rumour going around that the Brazilian might fight Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 309. Dan Hooker was scheduled to fight Ma͏te͏us͏z Gamrot after ͏a year-lo͏ng hiatus and he won at UFC 305. Meanwhile, the former lightweight contender with a winning streak is looking to extend the wins till December.

Dan Hooker’s plans for December

It should be noted that Israel Adesanya was a key person in D͏ana W͏hi͏te bringing Hooker ͏back for this fight. Unfortunately, the UFC boss was not able to secure a match-up with Charles Oliveira. After that, when the journalists asked the fighter whether his confession to fighting Oliveira was real or not, he revealed new information.

He said, “Oh, well, I was actually—um—they flew me over to do Volk shows there, like a show they do, like the Volk Sports show. We were on the show, and then they asked if Volk had anything coming up, and he had to be like, “Nah, I got nothing coming up.” Then they asked me, “Do you have anything coming up?” I didn’t want to be boring, so I kind of just spun a bit of a yarn. I said, “Well, actually, I do have something to announce.” 

However, he is still open to fighting Oliveira in the future and declared that fans would love it too. The current champion Islam Makhachev unfortunately is out of action because of a ligament injury and the number one contender, Arman Ts͏arukyan, is looking to fight for an interim lightweight title. On the other hand, Gamrot had requested White for a fight against Tsarukyan.

Do you think he is going to fight Olivera in December now that he has established himself as the top dog? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.