Chase Hooper Gets Homecoming at UFC Seattle Against ‘Fearless’ Canadian

The
Ultimate Fighting Championship is adding what should be a
grappler’s delight to its March show in Seattle.

Per the organization on Thursday, Chase
Hooper (16-4-1) and Lance Gibson
Jr. (9-2) will toe the line at UFC Seattle, also known as UFC Fight Night 271.
This lightweight affair on March 28 will serve as the first time
Hooper has competed in his home state of Washington since he went
5-0 in the regionals from 2017 to 2018.

Submission specialist Hooper saw his five-fight, three-sub streak
come to a crushing halt at the hands of Alexander
Hernandez at UFC 319 in 2025. That knockout, the second of his
young tenure as a pro, derailed the momentum built up by beating
the likes of Jim Miller,
Clay
Guida and Jordan
Leavitt. “The Dream” celebrates an even finish rate of 75%,
with two-thirds of those stoppages coming by sub.

Gibson exceeds his upcoming foe’s finish rate by a few percentage
points, although he comes in a few years older and fairly less
experienced. The former Bellator MMA talent built up a 6-1 in the promotion
before departing it to test himself in Washington State’s
ExciteFight promotion—“Fearless” won both bouts by first-round
stoppage, although one of the two men he topped came in with a
record of 19-44 when they met.

UFC Fight Night 271, also known as UFC Seattle, goes down at the
Climate Pledge Arena in the most populous city of the Pacific
Northwest. Middleweights headline the March 28 show, as former
champ Israel
Adesanya comes to blows with heavy hitter Joe Pyfer.
Additional main card tilts include a flyweight affair pitting
Alexa
Grasso against Maycee
Barber, and a heavyweight romp when Marcin
Tybura meets Valter
Walker.