UFC Qatar: Results and Bonuses

Zane Simon and Eddie Mercado are out this weekend but we've got the results and bonuses.

UFC Qatar looked great on paper and was a banger in reality. The curtain-jerker was awful but the fights looked infinitely better after that. Arman Tsarukyan steamrolled Dan Hooker for nearly two rounds before catching him in an arm triangle, forcing the tap. Ian Machado-Garry showed everyone that the Epstein method of fighting is not only awful to hear about or read about, it just doesn’t work, and Belal Muhammad got nearly shut out, with only one judge giving him a round.

But most importantly, the Gooch is back! Kyoji Horiguchi roughed up the larger Tagir Ulanbekov for the better part of two rounds before tapping him out via RNC in the third. And the world rejoiced. All told, we ended up with nine finishes out of the 14 fights we were served. Not too shabby. Now that you’re up to date on some of the highlights, let’s check out all the results and bonuses while we’re here.

UFC Qatar Results

• 155 lbs.: Arman Tsarukyan def. Dan Hooker by submission (arm triangle), round 2 (3:34)

• 170 lbs.: Ian Machado Garry def. Belal Muhammad by official decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

• 205 lbs.: Volkan Oezdemir def. Alonzo Menifield by TKO (punches), round 1 (1:27)

• 170 lbs.: Myktybek Orolbai def. Jack Hermansson by KO (punch), round 1 (2:46)

• 265 lbs.: Waldo Cortes-Acosta def. Shamil Gaziev by KO (punch), round 1 (1:20)

• 125 lbs.: Kyoji Horiguchi def. Tagir Ulanbekov by submission (rear naked choke). Round 3 (2:18)

• 145 lbs.: Luke Riley def. Bogdan Grad by KO (punches), round 2 (0:30)

• 170 lbs.: Nicolas Dalby def. Saygid Izagakhmaev by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

• 125 lbs.: Asu Almabayev def. Alex Perez by submission (guillotine), round 3 (0:22)

• 205 lbs.: Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev def. Raffael Cerquiera by submission (rear naked choke), round 1 (0:33)

• 135 lbs.: Aleksandre Topuria def. Bezkat Almakhan by unanimous decision (30-37, 30-37, 29-28)

• 185 lbs.: Ismael Naurdiev def. Ryan Loder by KO (punch), round 1 (1:26)

• 155 lbs.: Nurullo Aliev def. Shem Rock by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

• 265 lbs.: Denzel Freeman def. Marek Bujlo by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

UFC Qatar Bonuses

• FOTN: None

• POTN: Tsarukyan, Cortes-Acosta, Horiguchi, Riley

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