US EditionDan Hooker submits in UFC main event
Tsarukyan secured a second-round arm-triangle choke submission over Hooker to become the UFC's top lightweight contender and immediately called for a title fight against Ilia Topuria.
- Arman Tsarukyan submitted Dan Hooker with an arm-triangle choke in Round two at Doha's Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena, securing a UFC Qatar victory.
- Tsarukyan entered UFC Qatar on a four-fight win streak and had been forced out of a scheduled UFC 311 rematch with a back injury on weigh-in day, while the main event was staged to sort the lightweight division title picture.
- After shooting for a takedown in under a minute, Tsarukyan worked from top position using elbows and strikes to move into mount and secure the arm-triangle choke.
- The victory cemented Tsarukyan as the division's No 1 contender, and he immediately called for a title shot against Ilia Topuria, while Hooker's loss extended his 0-3 Middle East record.
- The card capped a stretch of consecutive UFC shows before the promotion finishes its 2025 schedule with two December events, and fans saw five of six fights end inside the distance.
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The hilarious UFC Qatar left something very clear beyond the victory of the Conqueror: the division of light weight has an undisputed challenger to the belt, Arman Tsarukyan. Although it was already known that the Armenian possessed all the tools to dominate the 155 pounds, his performance in Doha was a real blow on the table to silence any critic. In front of one of the best strikers on the scene, Dan Hooker, Arman deployed his entire offensive…
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