Key takeaways
Arman Tsarukyan beat Dan Hooker by submission at 3:34 of round two in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the ABHA Arena in Doha. Dan Hooker had come in as the division's No. 9. In the co-main event, Ian Machado Garry beat Belal Muhammad, the division's No. 7, by unanimous decision after three rounds at welterweight.
Across the 14 bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, four by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — nine stoppages in 14 fights. One of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev, who stopped Rafael Cerqueira after 33 seconds, and five of the nine finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Kyoji Horiguchi's submission of Tagir Ulanbekov, 12 minutes and 18 seconds in. End to end, the 14 fights filled one hour and 59 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: five of six, against four of the eight below it. Luke Riley (knockout, round two), Asu Almabayev (submission, round three) and Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Twelve ranked fighters appeared, and four of them were in the top two bouts.
Eight weight classes were used, welterweight most often with three bouts. ESPN+ carried all 15 bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
