Overview

• UFC CEO Dana White said the winner of Arman Tsarukyan vs. Dan Hooker will earn the next shot at lightweight champion Ilia Topuria.
• Tsarukyan and Hooker are scheduled to headline the UFC’s upcoming event in Doha, Qatar.
• Hooker warned he would confront Tsarukyan during fight week, while White downplayed the need for additional security.
• Tsarukyan escalated pre-fight tensions with insults toward Hooker in comments to Ariel Helwani.
• Tsarukyan drew criticism after saying "women should be at home" when asked about his mother attending, and a previous inappropriate comment about Kayla Harrison resurfaced.