Qatar, UFC and Dan Hooker
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On Saturday, Hooker took on Arman Tsarukyan in the main event of UFC Qatar. It didn’t go well for him. Tsarukyan ran roughshod over Hooker, dominating the fight before finishing “The Hangman” with an arm-triangle choke in the second round. But despite the setback, Hooker isn’t too upset.
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Ismail Naurdiev scored the first finish of UFC Qatar when flatlined Ryan Loder with a perfect one-shot knockout.
At UFC 322 on 15 November, Carlos Prates knocked out ex-champion Leon Edwards, and Michael Morales stopped contender Sean Brady. Those results gave way to the main event, in which Makhachev made his 170lb debut and dethroned Jack Della Maddalena.
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Luke Riley defeats Bogdan Grad by KO at UFC Qatar, improving to 12-0 with a spectacular counter left hook in round two.
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev made good om some lopsided pre-fight odds when he won his UFC debut in just 33 seconds.
Kyoji Horiguchi was away from the UFC for nine years – and for titles in Bellator and Rizin – before he returned to a big splash in Qatar.