‘The Only Fight That Makes Sense’ – Fans & Fighters Call For Ilia Topuria vs. Arman Tsarukyan After Tsarukyan Dominates Dan Hooker At UFC Qatar

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After over a year away from the Octagon, Arman Tsarukyan has shown he’s still a threatening force at lightweight who could be in line for a title shot. Tsarukyan picked up a second-round finish of Dan Hooker in the main event of UFC Qatar.

After almost getting a trip on Hooker early in the fight, Tsarukyan went toe-to-toe with him on the feet. Hooker looked to get a takedown on Tsarukyan, and even looked to lock up a choke, but Tsarukyan got on top and controlled the rest of the round from side control.

Hooker looked to lock up a guillotine choke during the second round, but Tsarukyan made him pay by getting in his guard and working his way into a dominant top position. After some strong ground-and-pound, Tsarukyan ended things with a tight arm-triangle choke, scoring the submission.

Arman Tsarukyan Submits Dan Hooker At UFC Qatar

Arman Tsarukyan vs Ilia Topuria is the ONLY fight that makes sense for the lightweight title. Book it! #UFCQatar

— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) November 22, 2025

Clinical performance put forth by Tsarukyan. He will be the man to dethrone Ilia Topuria #UFCQatar

— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) November 22, 2025

Arman ran through hooker. Lol. Beautiful Ground and pound then sliced through him to submit him. Textbook. #UFCQatar

— Ramiz Brahimaj (@170Ramiz) November 22, 2025

lol Illa like I’m fighting paddy dawg lmfao

— Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155) November 22, 2025

There's your reminder. Tsarukyan is the guy. No one else makes more sense as the next option for Topuria.

— Drake Riggs (@DrakeRiggs_) November 22, 2025

Arman Tsarukyan vs. Ilia Topuria. No other fight to book.Best fight the besthttps://t.co/LEDh4j1HZT

— MMA On Point (@mmaonpoint) November 22, 2025

Arman Tsarukyan just dominated Dan Hooker, smashed him with elbows and punches on the ground before pushing to mount and locking in the arm triangle. He needed a big performance to remind everyone of how good he is and this was perfect. Should be the #1 contender now. #UFCDoha

— Patrick Danna (@patdannamma) November 22, 2025

This how Arman Tsarukyan doing Dan Hooker pic.twitter.com/3q2PqWS13V

— 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯 (@xJahstin) November 22, 2025

Arman Tsarukyan made Dan Hooker look like the smaller fighter pic.twitter.com/c6eFB1LDLC

— sea (@destroynectar) November 22, 2025

Arman Tsarukyan to Dan Hooker in the 1st Round pic.twitter.com/oKBqssgqFA

— sea (@destroynectar) November 22, 2025

“Dan Hooker jumps the gilly*Arman Tsarukyan: pic.twitter.com/o5oaK3WwoO

— OverDogs Bet (@OverDogsBet) November 22, 2025

Tsarukyan has now won five straight, and he’s won 10 of 11 since dropping his UFC debut to current UFC welterweight champion and former lightweight champ Islam Makhachev. This was Tsarukyan’s first fight since defeating Charles Oliveira at UFC 300. Tsarukyan was scheduled to challenge Makhachev for the UFC lightweight title at UFC 311, but a back injury while cutting weight forced him out of the fight.

Hooker sees a three-fight win streak snapped with this defeat. This was his first fight since defeating Mateusz Gamrot at UFC 305.

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