Overview
- The lightweight bout is booked for Climate Pledge Arena as part of UFC Fight Night 271.
- Hooper enters at 16-4-1 with a 75% finish rate, having previously beaten Jim Miller, Clay Guida, and Jordan Leavitt.
- Gibson Jr. is 9-2 after a split-decision loss to King Green in his UFC debut, which he accepted on less than a week’s notice at a 160-pound catchweight.
- The Canadian-born lightweight compiled a 6-1 run in Bellator and forms a rare father–son UFC pairing with his father, Lance Gibson Sr.
- UFC Seattle is headlined by Israel Adesanya vs. Joe Pyfer, with Alexa Grasso vs. Maycee Barber and Marcin Tybura vs. Valter Walker also slated.