| UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker | ||||
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|   The poster for UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | November 22, 2025 | |||
| Venue | Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena | |||
| City | Al Rayyan, Qatar | |||
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UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker (also known as UFC Fight Night 264) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on November 22, 2025, at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Al Rayyan, Qatar. [1]
This event will mark the promotion's debut in Qatar, which will become the third country in the Middle East, after the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. [1] 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. [2]
The event headliner is expected to feature a lightweight bout between Arman Tsarukyan and Dan Hooker. [3]
A heavyweight bout between Serghei Spivac and Shamil Gaziev is scheduled for this event. [4] The pairing was originally scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales, [5] then shifted to UFC 316. However, Gaziev withdrew from that event due to a broken finger sustained during training. [6] [7]
A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Championship challenger Paulo Costa and Sharabutdin Magomedov was expected to take place at this event. [8] However, Magomedov withdrew due to undergoing nose surgery, and it remains unclear whether a replacement opponent will be secured for Costa. [9]
A heavyweight bout between promotional newcomers Marek Bujło and José Luiz was initially scheduled for the event. [10] However, Luiz was later replaced for undisclosed reasons by current LFA Heavyweight Champion Denzel Freeman, who will also be making his promotional debut. [11]
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 is scheduled for this event. [12] The pairing was initially expected to meet at UFC on ABC: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. in June, but Horiguchi withdrew for undisclosed reasons. [13] [14]
A light heavyweight bout between former KSW and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jan Błachowicz and Bogdan Guskov was scheduled for this event. [15] However, the pairing was moved to UFC 323 for unknown reasons. [16]
A featherweight bout between Muhammad Naimov and The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko featherweight winner Mairon Santos was originally scheduled for this event. [17] However, for undisclosed reasons, the matchup was rescheduled to take place two weeks later at UFC 323. [18]
A bantamweight bout between Felipe Lima and Daniel Marcos was scheduled for this event. [19] However, Lima withdrew for undisclosed reasons, and Marcos was instead rescheduled to face a new opponent two weeks earlier at UFC on ESPN: Bonfim vs. Brown. [20]
| Fight card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Arman Tsarukyan | vs. | Dan Hooker | ||||
| Welterweight | Belal Muhammad | vs. | Ian Machado Garry | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Volkan Oezdemir | vs. | Alonzo Menifield | ||||
| Welterweight | Jack Hermansson | vs. | Myktybek Orolbai | ||||
| Heavyweight | Serghei Spivac | vs. | Shamil Gaziev | ||||
| Bantamweight | Bekzat Almakhan | vs. | Aleksandre Topuria | ||||
| Flyweight | Tagir Ulanbekov | vs. | Kyoji Horiguchi | ||||
| Flyweight | Alex Perez | vs. | Asu Almabayev | ||||
| Middleweight | Ismail Naurdiev | vs. | Ryan Loder | ||||
| Featherweight | Bogdan Grad | vs. | Luke Riley | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev | vs. | Raffael Cerqueira | ||||