Preview! Time To Face ‘The Hangman’ In Melbourne

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A lightweight showdown between Al Iaquinta and Dan Hooker is featured in the UFC 243 co-main event, scheduled for Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on Sun., Oct. 6, 2019 (airing stateside on Sat., Oct. 5, due to the considerable discrepancy in time zones).

“Ragin’ Al” (14-5-1) is looking to rebound from a tough loss to Donald Cerrone this past May in hopes of climbing back up to another shot at the 155-pound strap. Prior to coming up short to “Cowboy,” Iaquinta took a dominant victory over Kevin Lee, eight months after losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov in an interim title fight.

Hooker (18-8) is coming off a first-round knockout win over James Vick earlier this year at UFC on ESPN 4 in San Antonio, Texas. After the fight, “The Hangman” called out any able and willing combatant to accept a fight with him, and Iaquinta appears to be the man for the job.

Check out their fight video preview embedded above.

MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 243 fight card TONIGHT (click here), starting with the Fight Pass “Prelims” matches online, which are scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by the remaining undercard balance on ESPN2 at 8 p.m. ET, before the PPV main card start time at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

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