The UFC’s return to London received yet another big fight as Dan Hooker returns to the featherweight division and draws Arnold Allen in the promotions first U.K. card since 2019
The card will take place on March 19 at the O2 Arena in England, the first card there since 2019.
Hooker (21-11) is coming off a loss to Islam Makhachev at UFC 267. He returns to a featherweight division where, in the UFC, he held a record of 3-3 with wins over Ian Entwistle, Hatsu Hioki and Mark Eddiva. Hooker went 8-4 at lightweight after losing to Jason Knight in 2016.
Allen (17-1) remains undefeated in the UFC with a record of 8-0 earning wins over Makwan Amirkhani, Gilbert Melendez and most recently Sodiq Yusuff last April.
UFC London will be headlined by a heavyweight bout between Alexander Volkov and Tom Aspinall. The the return of Gunnar Nelson taking on Claudio Silva was also recently reported. To date, the follow bouts have been reported for the Fight Night card:
- Tom Aspinall vs. Alexander Volkov
- Jack Shore vs. Timur Valiev
- Jake Hadley vs. Allan Nascimento
- Luana Carolina vs. Molly McCann
- Muhammad Mokaev vs Cody Durden
- Makwan Amirkhani vs. Mike Grundy
- Sergei Pavlovich vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov
- Arnold Allen vs. Dan Hooker
- Gunnar Nelson vs. Cláudio Silva
