Overview

• UFC has booked Dan Hooker vs. Arman Tsarukyan as the lightweight main event in Doha at Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena on the Nov. 22–23 card.
• Hooker told Submission Radio he pursued the matchup and called Tsarukyan “the best fighter in the division.”
• He warned he would hit Tsarukyan if they come within arm’s reach before fight night and said it is on the UFC to keep them separated.
• Coverage frames the matchup as a likely title eliminator given the current lightweight landscape.
• Tsarukyan enters on a multi-fight win streak that includes a victory over Charles Oliveira after previously withdrawing from a scheduled title bout earlier this year.