Arman Tsarukyan has once again expressed his desire to fight for the BMF title. Tsarukyan, after being denied an undisputed title shot for various reasons, had previously wanted to fight BMF champion Max Holloway. However, the promotion denied him that too by announcing a rematch between Holloway and Charles Oliveira, with the BMF title on the line as the headliner at UFC 326.
Ahalkalakets’ recently appeared on The Ariel Helwani Show and was asked about his plans for this year. If lightweight champion Ilia Topuria returns this summer, Tsarukyan will have to wait for another undisputed title contender, as the soon-to-be-crowned interim 155-pound champion will face Topuria at UFC 324 to unify the titles.
The Armenian, meanwhile, does not want to wait and is keen to face the winner of the UFC 326 BMF title fight. Tsarukyan also criticized ‘El Matador’ for inaction. He said:
“Ilia, he fights once a year. Maybe he defends his title in June, and then he says, ‘Okay, I’ll fight next year in June.’ And what can I do then? I’m not that young to wait much. If they give me the BMF title, that would be great too.”
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Arman Tsarukyan doesn’t take wrestling bouts seriously
Arman Tsarukyan has been keeping himself busy outside the city octagon. Most recently, ‘Ahalkalakes’ made his freestyle wrestling debut at RAF05, securing a technical fall against Lance Palmer.
In the same to sit posted above, Ariel Helwani asked Tsarukyan if he takes these wrestling matches as seriously as UFC fights, and the 29-year-old revealed that he doesn’t. To him, wrestling fights are like training sessions, and he goes out to have fun.
“It’s like a workout because I don’t lose weight. If I lose, I don’t care; it’s not my sport. But in the UFC, I’m locked up for two months and I think about the fight all day long because that’s the sport I love and my goal is to become a UFC champion.”
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