{"id":301575,"date":"2025-11-23T11:15:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T11:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/301575\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T11:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T11:15:07","slug":"multiple-fighters-hospitalized-after-ufc-qatar-battles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/301575\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple Fighters Hospitalized After UFC Qatar Battles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following UFC Qatar<\/a> yesterday (Sat., Nov. 22, 2025) inside ABHA Arena in Doha, Qatar, company officials confirmed to MMAmania.com <\/a>that three fighters were transported to a local New York hospital for precautionary reasons after their violent bouts.<\/p>\n

The fighters were UFC Qatar headliner Dan Hooker, Middleweight-turned Welterweight Jack Hermansson, and top-15-ranked Flyweight Tagir Ulanbekov.<\/p>\n

Hooker (24-13) was transported for a precautionary CT scan of his head and face after absorbing a two-round beatdown that ended in a second-round submission loss to Arman Tsarukyan (watch highlights<\/a>). The defeat snapped Hooker\u2019s three-fight win streak, which included victories over Mateusz Gamrot, Jalin Turner, and Claudio Puelles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Hangman\u201d entered the bout following a 15-month layoff caused by multiple hand fractures. While the loss won\u2019t dramatically affect his place in the division, expect UFC to book him in a fan-friendly matchup in 2026 \u2014 especially for stepping up for fighting Tsarukyan when no one else would.<\/p>\n

Hermansson (24-10) was also taken for a precautionary CT scan following a brutal knockout loss to Myktybek Orolbai (watch highlights<\/a>). The setback comes just five months after suffering an even worse knockout at UFC 317, courtesy of Gregory Rodrigues (watch it<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Joker\u201d is now riding a two-fight skid and is 1-3 in his last four. A major question looms: does he stay at Welterweight or return to Middleweight?<\/p>\n

Ulanbekov (17-3) was sent to the hospital for CT scans of his head, face, and leg after a submission defeat to a returning Kyoji Horiguchi (watch highlights<\/a>). The loss snapped his four-fight win streak, which included wins over Azat Maksum, Clayton Carpenter, Cody Durden, and Nate Maness.<\/p>\n

For what it\u2019s worth, Ulanbekov entered UFC Qatar ranked No. 11 at Flyweight \u2014 a spot Horiguchi may now claim.<\/p>\n

The results of both fighters\u2019 scans are currently unknown, though they have since been released from the hospital.<\/p>\n

It is normal<\/a> for UFC to transport fighters to the hospital for precautionary reasons, especially if the fighters are involved in three-round battles that are full of damage or after suffering nasty knockouts.<\/p>\n

Stick with MMAmania.com<\/a> for the fighters\u2019 health-related updates.<\/p>\n

For complete UFC Qatar results, coverage, and highlights click HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following UFC Qatar yesterday (Sat., Nov. 22, 2025) inside ABHA Arena in Doha, Qatar, company officials confirmed to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,38688,37644,702,7788],"class_list":["post-301575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-medical-suspensions","tag-ufc-on-espn-fight-night","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}