Arman Tsarukyan knockout vs. Dan Hooker Full Fight

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00:00...felt, plus Paul, he doesn't like it.

00:03He said that he doesn't like the head that's attached to his body,

00:06and he wants to decapitate him,

00:08and he wants them to sum it back on in the back after the fact.

00:12So we have a fight with a little bit of spice,

00:14but also a very important one for the lightweight division.

00:17Yeah, absolutely.

00:18I mean, Dan Hooker has really been on a roll lately,

00:21winning three in a row,

00:23and facing strong grapplers in all of those matches,

00:26and a really tall, rangy, dangerous striker

00:29in Jalen Turner,

00:31and Dan is so good at, when he's down,

00:33maybe it looks like he's not going to be in this fight,

00:36he's getting pieced up,

00:37or things aren't going his way.

00:38He has the ability to work his way back into the fight

00:41to outlast his opponents and start to hurt them

00:44as the fight continues to go.

00:46And more importantly, that Mateusz Gamera fight,

00:49I feel, is the real fight to look at

00:51when we're talking about this versus Armin Sarukian

00:54and the style that they bring.

00:56I think Armin is even more willing to stand

00:58in exchange with somebody like Dan Gamera.

01:01Gamera shoots from distance.

01:02He's relentless with those takedowns.

01:04He was able to get Dan down,

01:06but Dan threatens with guillotines.

01:07He has good takedown defense,

01:09and he's a dog in there throughout the entire fight.

01:11If you give him a second to get back into the fight,

01:13he will seize it.

01:15When you look at Dan Hooker,

01:16and you see the change in the body,

01:19the tattoos, and people like to joke

01:21that he's going through an early midlife crisis,

01:24and he's got the bleached hair.

01:25There's other things going on, though.

01:26He's got more muscle on the frame.

01:28There's a different swag.

01:30He just doesn't care.

01:32Dan Hooker is a wild man,

01:34but he takes his sport very seriously.

01:36He always shows up in shape.

01:38That fight against, his last one against Vitalis Gamera,

01:42he dropped it multiple times.

01:45He stopped takedowns.

01:47He got back to his feet.

01:48So to your point, Paul,

01:50Armin's going to have no choice at some point,

01:52but to stand and trade with Dan.

01:54And Dan is probably a cleaner, longer,

01:58lankier kickboxer and striker.

02:00So it's not a foregone conclusion

02:02that Armin's just going to run through this guy.

02:04This is a real test.

02:06Ladies and gentlemen,

02:14this is the main event of the evening.

02:21Our three judges scoring this contest

02:23at Octagon side are

02:25Ben Cartlidge,

02:26David Letheby,

02:27Axe-Levon Werner,

02:29and a referee in charge of the Octagon,

02:31Mark Goddard.

02:33And now,

02:40for those in attendance

02:42and UFC fans watching around the world,

02:47this is the moment you've all been waiting for.

02:53Live from the sold-out ABHA Arena

02:59in Doha, Qatar!

03:02It's time!

03:17Five rounds in the UFC lightweight division.

03:23Introducing first,

03:24fighting out of the blue corner.

03:27A mixed martial artist holding professional record.

03:2924 wins, 12 losses.

03:32He stands six feet tall,

03:35weighing in at 155 and one-half pounds.

03:39Fighting out of Auckland, New Zealand!

03:43Presenting the number six ranked UFC

03:46lightweight contender in the world,

03:51Dan the Hangman Hooker!

03:59And now,

04:02introducing his opponent,

04:03fighting out of the red corner.

04:06A mixed martial artist holding professional record.

04:0922 wins,

04:10three losses.

04:11He stands,

04:12five feet seven inches tall,

04:14weighing in at 156 pounds.

04:17Fighting out of Euroved Armenia!

04:21Presenting the number one ranked UFC

04:24lightweight contender in the world,

04:27Armin

04:29Ahab Kalakas

04:33Zorukyan!

04:45Okay, gentlemen, you understand the rules you find.

04:47They listed me at all times.

04:48Keep yourself protected.

04:49When I say stop, you stop.

04:50If you want to touch, do it now.

04:52God bless.

04:52They're going to touch this time with the gloves.

04:56Syria is here in Doha.

04:57Islam Ahajev here in Doha.

05:00Straight to it.

05:02Five five-minute rounds,

05:04if they need them.

05:05You can tell straight away from the body language of Dan Hooker.

05:12This man doesn't care.

05:13He's not intimidated one little bit.

05:16He won't care about those betting lines.

05:17Huge underdog coming in.

05:19But when he's doubted,

05:20when he's battered and bleeding,

05:22facing danger,

05:23Hook is the type of guy to yell that he loves this kind of stuff.

05:27I mean, obviously,

05:28the man sat right next to me,

05:29you know, Dan Hooker.

05:30More than anybody.

05:32I love that Dan touched Armin's glove,

05:34but wouldn't touch my glove.

05:36He headbutted yesterday.

05:38Come on, Dan.

05:39He didn't touch your glove?

05:41No, we didn't.

05:42We didn't touch.

05:44But anyway,

05:45we're cool now.

05:47Here we go.

05:48First shot attempt here.

05:50Dan gets on.

05:51Oh, beautiful inside trick.

05:53Defense save down there.

05:56And that's the difference.

05:59You know,

05:59Bilal had this position a second ago

06:01in the previous fight.

06:04Ian defended it all,

06:05but the inside trick is there.

06:08So, Rukin said he's got 25 minutes

06:10to make Hooker tired

06:11and cut up his whole face.

06:14He actually said he wants to drag this out

06:15so that he can put a beating

06:16on the man from New Zealand.

06:20Don't think these guys like one another.

06:22No, they don't.

06:22Sarukin has taken down

06:27nine of his 11 UFC opponents

06:29in the two fights that he did.

06:30Oh, no.

06:32Good knee from Sarukin.

06:36Head kick.

06:39Blocked, but felt.

06:40Oh!

06:41And from Sarukin.

06:42Sarukin has been doing a lot of work

06:50down in Newport Beach

06:51at the Santos studio.

06:54He's also been working in the camp

06:55with middleweight champion

06:57Hamzat Shumayev

06:58who is in his corner tonight.

07:00The striking looks really good.

07:01Mixing things up well

07:02is Sarukin.

07:04Oof.

07:05These guys are unloading.

07:07He said he had more power on the feet

07:08and so far he's landed

07:10the bigger shots.

07:11Look for the knee.

07:15That one got through.

07:17Nice knees to the body here from Hooker.

07:20Whoa!

07:20Going to run to the back.

07:22Good job from Sarukin.

07:23He's got to watch his neck

07:24here in the guillotine.

07:25Here comes the hangman.

07:27Passes guard.

07:28Nicely done.

07:29Dan's got to use this grabber.

07:30Beautiful job from Sarukin.

07:32That is not easy.

07:35So what Sarukin did

07:36against Charles Oliveira

07:38who, I mean there's no better man

07:39when they have your neck

07:41because he did a great job there.

07:42He's done it once again.

07:44Looks like a huge knot

07:45on the head of Dan Hooker.

07:49Right above the left.

07:51Oh yeah.

07:52Preach to fix her most.

07:54Apparently there might have been

07:55a head clash.

07:56That could have been it.

07:56Oh yeah, that's a big

07:57hematoma.

07:59Welts bump.

08:01Swelling.

08:03And keep him out.

08:04Keep him out.

08:05Good lad, good lad.

08:06Keep him out.

08:08He's looking for that

08:11Khrushchevix again.

08:14Trying to isolate

08:15the left arm of Fokin.

08:25Right arm.

08:27Yeah Dan's got to be careful.

08:28He's distracted by

08:37making him think

08:39he's setting up

08:39the occasional face

08:41but when you've got

08:41the overhook line

08:42that the

08:43the crone's going to be taken.

08:50And Dan's got to try to frame

08:52with that right arm.

08:54Push off.

08:54Try to get that left knee.

08:56Get that shin shield

08:58across the hips

08:59of Armand Sorokin.

09:03He's going to try to

09:05dig that underhook

09:07from the other side.

09:08Talk through some damage.

09:13Seemingly though

09:14Dan has no

09:15no answer here

09:16on the ground.

09:19Sorokin

09:19masterful control.

09:25Dan's experience.

09:26He knows what he's doing

09:27but there is levels

09:27to the grappling.

09:31And it's hard to do much

09:32anyway because you see

09:33the down with pressure

09:34from Sorokin.

09:35Dan's going to kick off

09:36the fence.

09:38Trying to get a bit of

09:39separation.

09:40He knows how much

09:48he's doing.

09:51Working 11 hours

09:52Sorokin

09:53just grinding

09:54that elbow

09:55into the face

09:55as well.

10:05Both men are ready

10:06And of course, Dan Hook is smiling

10:08But that eye does not look very pretty

10:13Not at all, no, I wish they'd even kept that end throw on there even longer

10:17Long range of weapons of Dan Hooker at play here

10:25I like that Saruqian is using those body kicks too

10:28Because he knows even if Dan catches it

10:30He's not going to try to take him down off of that

10:32So we can kind of throw them freely

10:34He's employed those kicks really well

10:39He did so against Matthäus Gamrot, last time out

10:43UFC 305

10:45I'd like to see more straight shots from Kroppel

10:49Like we saw a second ago

10:50He's throwing a lot of kicks

10:52A lot of jabs, one, two, straight down the pipe

10:56It really served him well

10:58Snatch that

11:00You're listening again

11:01Wow, look at that

11:05I mean, come on

11:07It made that look easy

11:09But you guys can attest how difficult it is to do that

11:11That was just pure athleticism

11:13And understanding of position

11:16Now they're out

11:24Right in the center of the octagon here

11:26Lots of space

11:28And as we said on the walk

11:30Everyone knows

11:31You know

11:32He controlled Charles Olivera in this position

11:35And in the center of the octagon

11:37So much harder to stand

11:39It's a tough spot right now

11:41Look at the welt on the leg as well

11:49For the first time since 2019

12:02Armand Saroukian's dad is in attendance here

12:06So he's looking for an even more inspired performance in front of his family

12:09And this is what I'm talking about

12:11A lot of the time when I'm commentating

12:12People when they get on top

12:13They're not trying to do that much

12:15You know, they control

12:16They don't throw them up

12:17Armand Saroukian here

12:18Is looking to finish the fight

12:20And Riley's son

12:21You get on top

12:22You put them in a world of pain

12:24Turning up the heat here in round number two

12:27Lots of time on the clock for Armand to work with here

12:29Big elbows

12:31Huge elbows

12:32He's got great ground and pound

12:34He's going to throw the legs to the side

12:35Come down with that right hand

12:37Looking to pass through the guard

12:54Now Saroukian

12:56He's trying to get some out

12:57Denied by Hooker

12:59Crossbody

13:01That's a good elbow

13:02Right with the point of the elbow as well

13:06Really intense shoulder pressure there as well

13:12That's a nice

13:13Yeah, Cole Mount

13:14Two minutes left

13:15He's got that three-quarters amount

13:18Where he's pinning the leg

13:19Nice elbow game

13:25Oh, this is trouble

13:26Oh, this is trouble

13:26Look at that head non-tidal

13:29Trying to set things up

13:31He's deciding whether or not to step off

13:36Because he could lose position

13:37If he doesn't get the choke

13:38Yeah, you can tell Dan's kind of waiting

13:40Oh, there he is

13:41Oh, there he is

13:41It is a circle now for Dan Hooker

13:44Looks like he's probably there it is

13:46And he submits the hangman

13:49Saroukian is back in contention

13:52Shortness performance

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