UFC Fight Night 265 Tsarukyan vs Hooker

Date
Sat 22nd November 2025 (UTC)
Sat 22nd November 2025 (Local)

Timestamp
2025-11-22T16:00:00

Time

16:00:00 UTC (19:00:00 Local)

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League
UFC

Season
2025

Round
51

Status
Match Finished

Location
Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena

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UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker (also known as UFC Fight Night 265) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on November 22, 2025, at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Al Rayyan, Qatar.

Background
This event marked the promotion's debut in Qatar, which became the third country in the Middle East to host it, after the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. There were initially rumors that the first event in the country would take place on May 17 at UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales, but that card was moved to the UFC Apex in Las Vegas for unknown reasons.

The event headliner featured a lightweight bout between Arman Tsarukyan and Dan Hooker.

A heavyweight bout between Serghei Spivac and Shamil Gaziev was scheduled for this event. The pairing was originally scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales, then shifted to UFC 316. However, Gaziev withdrew from that event due to a broken finger sustained during training. In turn, Spivac withdrew from the bout for unknown reasons and was replaced by former LFA Heavyweight Champion Waldo Cortes-Acosta.

A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Championship challenger Paulo Costa and Sharabutdin Magomedov was expected to take place at this event. However, Magomedov withdrew due to undergoing nose surgery, and the bout was removed from the card.

A heavyweight bout between promotional newcomers Marek Bujło and José Luiz was initially scheduled for the event. However, Luiz was later replaced for undisclosed reasons by current LFA Heavyweight Champion Denzel Freeman, who also made his promotional debut.

A flyweight bout between former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger Kyoji Horiguchi (who is also a former one-time RIZIN flyweight and two-time bantamweight champion, as well as a former Bellator bantamweight world champion) and Tagir Ulanbekov took place at this event. The pairing was initially expected to meet at UFC on ABC: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. in June, but Horiguchi withdrew for undisclosed reasons.

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Result List

01				Arman Tsarukyan	WIN
01				Dan Hooker	LOSS

Result Description
Lightweight Arman Tsarukyan def. Dan Hooker Submission (arm-triangle choke) 2 3:34
Welterweight Ian Machado Garry def. Belal Muhammad Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Light Heavyweight Volkan Oezdemir def. Alonzo Menifield KO (knee and punches) 1 1:27
Welterweight Myktybek Orolbai def. Jack Hermansson KO (punch) 1 2:46
Heavyweight Waldo Cortes-Acosta def. Shamil Gaziev KO (punch) 1 1:22
Flyweight Kyoji Horiguchi def. Tagir Ulanbekov Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) 3 2:18

Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Featherweight Luke Riley def. Bogdan Grad KO (punches) 2 0:30
Welterweight Nicolas Dalby def. Saygid Izagakhmaev Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Flyweight Asu Almabayev def. Alex Perez Submission (guillotine choke) 3 0:22
Light Heavyweight Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev def. Rafael Cerqueira Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 0:33
Bantamweight Aleksandre Topuria def. Bekzat Almakhan Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Middleweight Ismail Naurdiev def. Ryan Loder KO (punch) 1 1:26
Lightweight Nurullo Aliev def. Shaqueme Rock Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Heavyweight Denzel Freeman def. Marek Bujło Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00

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