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Official – Jalin Turner replaces Dan Hooker, set to fight Bobby Green on short notice at UFC austin

Following the scrapping on his lightweight fight with perennial contender, Dan Hooker at UFC Austin next weekend, staple challenger, Bobby Green will remain on the Texas card, taking on short-notice replacement and soon-to-be common-foe, Jalin Turner in a three round co-main event on December 2.

Green, the current number thirteenth ranked lightweight contender, was booked to make his return to the Octagon next month in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night Austin in a lightweight clash against New Zealand striker, Hooker, until a fractured arm suffered in the latter’s fight against the above-mentioned, Turner, was injured once more, leading to his withdrawal.