UFC Qatar is here! Today, before its promotion for the Thanksgiving holiday ends next week, it makes its first-ever visit to the country for this week’s card in Doha. After today, there are only two shows left on the schedule.
Live coverage is underway, starting at 10am ET/7am PT with the preliminaries before the main card closes out the day at 1pm ET/10am PT. This event will take place in the United States ESPN+.
Before the main card starts, our employees have made a choice for the event today. See if our picks match yours for UFC Qatar. After a successful weigh-in period on Friday, today’s 14-fight route is good to go.
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UFC Qatar Main Event
At the top of the bill, today will be a crucial lightweight contest. No. 1 contender Arman Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) meets No. 6 contender Dan Hooker (24-12 MMA, 14-8 UFC). It will be an advertised maximum of five rounds of five minutes per round to close the show.
UFC Qatar Co-Main Event
Immediately before that, the co-main event of UFC Qatar takes place in the welterweight ranks. No. 2 contender Belal Muhammad (24-4, 1 NC MMA, 15-4, 1 NC UFC) takes on No. 6 contender Ian Machado Garry (16-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC). This is a three-round fight of five minutes per round.
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Also tonight you’ll see a light heavyweight bout between No. 9 contender Volkan Oezdemir (20-8 MMA, 8-7 UFC) and No. 14 contender Alonzo Menifield (17-5-1 MMA, 10-5-1 UFC), a welterweight bout matching Jack Hermansson (24-9 MMA, 11-7 UFC) with Myktybek Orolbai (14-2-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) a heavyweight showdown between No. 6 contender Waldo Cortes-Acosta (15-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) and No. 11 contender Shamil Gaziev (14-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and a flyweight showdown against No. 11 contender Tagir Ulanbekov (17-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) with Kyoji Horiguchi (34-5, 1 NC MMA, 7-1 UFC) in his promotional return.
UFC Qatar Results:
Main card: (Today, 1:00 PM ET/ 10:00 AM PT, ESPN+ – US only)
Main Event: Arman Tsarukyan vs. Dan Hooker
Co-Main Event: Belal Muhammad vs. Ian Machado Garry
Volkan Oezdemir def. Alonzo Menifield by KO (punches) at 1:27 of round 1.
Myktybek Orolbai def. Jack Hermansson by KO (overhand right) at 2:46 of round 1.
Waldo Cortes-Acosta def. Shamil Gaziev by KO (Right Right) at 1:22 of Round 1.
Kyoji Horiguchi def. Tagir Ulanbekov by submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 2:18 of round 3.
Preliminaries: (Today, 10 a.m. ET/ 7 a.m. PT, ESPN+ – United States only)
Featured preliminary round: Luke Riley def. Bogdan Grad by TKO (ground and pound) at 0:30 of round 2.
Co-featured Prelim: Nicolas Dalby final. Saygid Izagakhmaev via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28.)
Asu Almabayev def. Alex Perez by Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 0:33 of Round 3.
Abdul Rahkman-Jakhyaev def. Raffael Cerqueira by submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 0:33 of round 1.
Aleksandre Topuria def. Bekzat Almakhan by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28.)
Ismail Naurdiev def. Ryan Loder by KO (Punch) at 1:26 of Round 1.
Nurullo Aliev def. Shem Rock by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27.)
Denzel Freeman def. Marek Bujilo by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28.)
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