Jiri Prochazka will fight Navajo Stirling in the main event of UFC Qatar, the promotion has announced.Prochazka, 32-6-1 in his professional MMA career, lost his chance to reclaim the UFC light heavyweight title in a dramatic main event against Carlos Ulberg last time out.Prochazka was shockingly knocked out by Ulberg in the main event of UFC 327 in AprilGettyThe former UFC light heavyweight champion has wins over Khalil Rountree Jr and Jamahal Hill in the last two years having previously failed to reclaim his old belt in two bouts against Alex PereiraGettyThe Czech Republic man was knocked out in the first round by Ulberg, who recovered from a torn ACL in the early exchanges to become a first-time UFC champion with essentially one working leg.Stirling, meanwhile, is undefeated in 11 fights and has won all six of his UFC appearances since graduating from Dana White‘s Contender Series (DWCS) in 2024.The 28-year-old from New Zealand and current No.7-ranked light heavyweight scored his third consecutive knockout in a career-best win over veteran Jan Blachowicz in his last fight at UFC Serbia.Prochazka vs Stirling headlines a stacked Fight Night card at ABHA Arena in Doha, Qatar, on November 21.UFC QatarNine fights announcedMAIN EVENT: Jiri Prochazka vs Navajo Stirling – Light HeavyweightCo-main: Aljamain Sterling vs Kevin Vallejos – FeatherweightDan Hooker vs Brian Ortega – LightweightAsu Almabayev vs Kyoji Horiguchi – FlyweightJared Cannonier vs Ikram Aliskerov – MiddleweightAleksandre Topuria vs Santiago Luna – BantamweightShamil Gaziev vs Tallison Teixeira – HeavyweightAmir Albazi vs Alessandro Costa – FlyweightJake Matthews vs Akbar Abdullaev – WelterweightWho else is fighting at UFC Qatar?Also on the card, former UFC champion Aljamain Sterling will hope to make it four wins from his last five since dropping the bantamweight title to Sean O’Malley in 2023.‘Funk Master’ has been booked to face 24-year-old undefeated prospect Kevin Vallejos in the co-main event of UFC Qatar for what is set to be a barnburner at 145lbs.Like main eventer Stirling, Vallejos emerged through DWCS, winning all four of his UFC fights since debuting in March 2025.The Argentine knocked out former interim featherweight title challenger Josh Emmet in his first main event in March, three months after scoring a spinning back fist KO over Giga Chikadze.UFC Qatar also features the return of Dan Hooker, who will hope to reverse his three-fight losing skid against Brian Ortega in the featured main card bout.‘The Hangman’ was knocked out by French star Salahdine Parnasse in one round in the main event of UFC Paris earlier this month and has previously suffered defeats to top lightweight contenders Benoit Saint Denis and Arman Tsarukyan.Stirling has been offered a main event following his brutal knockout of Blachowicz at UFC Serbia last monthGettyFormer bantamweight king Sterling also features at UFC QatarGettyView Tweet: https://x.com/hashtag/UFCQatar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwOrtega, meanwhile, was originally scheduled to fight Renato Moicano at UFC 331, but a cut above the American’s eye forced him to withdraw on short notice.‘T-City’ is also out to get his career back on track following unanimous decision defeats to Sterling and Diego Lopes.He has fought his entire career as a featherweight but will step up to 155lbs to face Hooker at UFC Qatar.Furthermore, UFC Qatar features a plethora of exciting matchups fans can look forward to.Asu Almabayev vs Kyoji Horiguchi at flyweight is one to keep an eye on, while Aleksandre Topuria, the older brother of two-division UFC champion Ilia Topuria, contests his third promotional fight against Santiago Luna.Other notable names on the card include Jared Cannonier, Shamil Gaziev, Amir Albazi and the debut of Kyrgyzstan’s 14-0 star Akbar Abdullaev.talkSPORT's UFC pound-for-pound rankingstalkSPORT.com has collectively voted on the best fighters to form a regularly updated UFC pound-for-pound (P4P) rankings system for the rest of 2026 and beyond.Our P4P list will be updated regularly based on performances in the Octagon — with wins, records, title wins and defences, calibre of opponents, methods of victory and much more all determining who makes it.UFC champions Islam Makhachev, Joshua Van and Sean Strickland feature – but big stars such as Alex Pereira and Tom Aspinall miss out.