Arman Tsarukyan Now A Lightweight Challenger: UFC Lightweight Arman Tsarukyan recently emerged as a formidable contender in the division following his most recent win. He is now seen as a future opponent of the UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev.
27-year-old Arman, who was ranked 8th in the Lightweight rankings, recently took on the fourth-ranked Beneil Dariush in the main event of Sunday, Dec 3 UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs Tsarukyan.
As per the Arman Tsarukyan Now A Lightweight Challenger, For Beneil, winning this fight could propel him to be the top contender in the division, whereas a win for Tsarukyan would cement him as a legitimate threat in the Lightweight division.
Arman Tsarukyan Now A Lightweight Challenger: UFC
The fight started and both fighters were cautiously attacking, throwing punches and low kicks. Both of them connected about half of their strikes but nothing to faze the opponent in the first minute of the five-round fight.
But right around the one-minute mark, Tsuryakyun threw a two-punch combo, which led to Beleil shifting his defending fists to either side of his face. With that happening, the Armenian-Russian grabbed his opponent’s face and drilled it with a knee. As Beneil fell on the ground the match was already over. Just a couple of ground strikes from Arman Tsarukyan and the referee stepped in to announce a knockout victory.
Following the win, Tsuryakun took his opportunity during the post-fight interview to call out UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev, claiming he would knock the champ out –
“Islam is a different level fighter, but we fought four years ago. I was 22 years old, and now I’m 27. Now next fight is going to be a different one. I’m going to knock him out, and that’s it.”
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Following the win over Beneil Dariush in 64 seconds, Arman Tsarukyan has moved up in the UFC Lightweight rankings, having jumped from eighth to fourth with a four-place jump. On the other hand, Dariush has fallen down three places to seventh.
The talks of Tsarukyan taking on Islam Makhachev in the future are only fitting as the former’s first UFC fight was a loss in a short-notice bout to Makhachev in April 2019 via decision.
As per Arman Tsarukyan Now A Lightweight Challenger, Nine fights and eight wins later, Arman Tsarukyan seems like a completely different fighter, one that might even dethrone the King of the Lightweights.
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