“When I become champion, I want to fight Charles…I want to finish him off” 👀
Arman Tsarukyan expects to defend his lightweight belt against Charles Oliviera if he defeats Islam Makhachev…
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November 29, 2024
Arman Tsarukyan is hoping for a more decisive victory over Charles Oliveira.
Tsarukyan is expected to challenge Islam Makhachev for his lightweight title at UFC 311 in January, but the promotion has yet to make the fight official. ‘Ahal Karakets’ believes that the UFC will officially announce the fight within the next week.
“The manager said that we will fight for the title from the beginning of next year,” Tsarukyan recently told TNT Sports. “I’m very excited. And hopefully after this event they’ll announce like it’s official when I’m going to fight. But they haven’t already told me where and the date I’m going to fight. We know it, the UFC leadership knows it…I think it’ll be official within a week.”
“They have already told me where and when I will fight.” ⏰
Arman Tsarukyan is counting down the days of his date with Islam Makhachev…
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November 29, 2024
Tsarukyan dropped a hard-fought unanimous decision against Makhachev in his 2019 UFC debut. Tsarukyan blamed the loss on the suddenness of the fight and was adamant that he would not fight Makhachev in a sudden rematch. Meanwhile, Makhachev’s team claims that the first match was only competitive because the Dagestani player was ill.
Since then, Tsarukian has racked up nine wins, with his only loss coming by unanimous decision to Mateusz Gamrot in 2022. The Russian has since gone on a four-fight win streak, culminating with a close split decision victory over Charles Oliveira in a title eliminator at the UFC. 300 people this April. Tsarukyan hopes to fight back against Oliveira if he can unseat Makhachev from his throne. The 28-year-old wants to put an end to “De Bronx” this time around.
“If I become champion, I want to fight Charles, because our fight was quite close,” Tsarukyan said. “I want to finish him off because people have very close thoughts.”
