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Hooker–Parnasse bout set to headline UFC Fight Night in Paris

The lightweight contest is scheduled for Accor Arena on 5 September, with the preliminaries and main card listed for US Eastern Time.

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Dan Hooker and Salahdine Parnasse are scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night at Paris’s Accor Arena on Saturday, 5 September 2026, according to CBS Sports.

The lightweight bout is listed as Parnasse’s UFC debut. CBS Sports reports that the French fighter previously held championships in two divisions with European promotion KSW and built his reputation outside the UFC.

The preliminary card is scheduled to start at noon ET, followed by the main card at 3 p.m. ET. The source does not provide Australian broadcast times.

Michael “Venom” Page is also scheduled to face Nursulton Ruziboev in a middleweight bout. The card includes further contests involving Fares Ziam, Daniil Dochenko, Punahele Soriano, Mario Pinto, Ryan Spann and Nathaniel Wood.

CBS Sports lists the event for streaming on Paramount+ and says it is included with a subscription without an additional pay-per-view charge. The event details remain scheduled listings, and the source does not confirm that the fights have occurred.

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