Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2025-11-22, pretty good finish but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma bout Arman Tsarukyan vs Dan Hooker gets two (UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2025).Hooker vs Tsarukyan is scheduled to take place Saturday, November 22nd, at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Al Rayyan (Qatar), in a 5-round lightweight (155 lbs, 70 kg) bout; it is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 265 (also knwon as UFC Qatar). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Arman Tsarukyan record
Arman Tsarukyan entered this fight with a professional mma record of 22-3-0 (63% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 2024.
He was defeated by Mateusz Gamrot in 2022 (Arman Tsarukyan vs Mateusz Gamrot) but then he has won four fights beating Beneil Dariush (Beneil Dariush vs Arman Tsarukyan) and Charles Oliveira in his last two (Charles Oliveira vs Arman Tsarukyan).
Dan Hooker record
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj Dan Hooker, has an official record of 24-12-0 (75% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought for more than one year.
He lost two consecutive bouts between 2021 and 2022, against current #1 Ufc Lw champion Islam Makhachev (Islam Makhachev vs Dan Hooker) and Arnold Allen (Arnold Allen vs Dan Hooker), but then he has won over Claudio Puelles (Dan Hooker vs Claudio Puelles), Jalin Turner (Dan Hooker vs Jalin Turner) and Mateusz Gamrot (Mateusz Gamrot vs Dan Hooker).
Fight card
Here is the UFC Fight Night 265 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN+)
Arman Tsarukyan vs Dan Hooker
Belal Muhammad vs Ian Garry
Volkan Oezdemir vs Alonzo Menifield
Jack Hermansson vs Myktybek Orolbai
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Shamil Gaziev
Kyoji Horiguchi vs Tagir Ulanbekov
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+)
Bogdan Grad vs Luke Riley
Nicolas Dalby vs Saygid Izagakhmaev
Asu Almabayev vs Alex Perez
Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev vs Raffael Cerqueira
Bekzat Almakhan vs Aleksandre Topuria
Ismail Naurdiev vs Ryan Loder
Nurullo Aliev vs Shaqueme Rock
Denzel Freeman vs Marek Bujlo
Pre-fight press conference
Watch for free the UFC Fight Night 265 pre-fight press conference, featuring Dan Hooker and Arman Tsarukyan!
Weigh-in
Watch the videos of UFC Fight Night 265: Tsarukyan vs Hooker weigh-in and faceoffs from the official Ufc Youtube channel!
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Arman Tsarukyan vs Dan Hooker as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official highlights
Result
Who won Tsarukyan vs Hooker fight?
Arman Tsarukyan defeated Dan Hooker via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 3:34, round 2.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC Fight Night 265 post-fight octagon interview of Arman Tsarukyan and Dan Hooker.
Post-fight press conference
Watch and listen the official UFC Fight Night 265 post-fight press conference video, headlined by the main event Dan Hooker and Arman Tsarukyan (free live stream from the UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Youtube channel).
Bonus awards
UFC Fight Night 265 Fight of the Night: no bonus awarded
UFC Fight Night 265 Performance of the Night: Arman Tsarukyan, Waldo Cortes-Acosta, Kyoji Horiguchi, Luke Riley
