Arman Tsarukyan deserves the next title shot

In the satellite of martial arts, it often happens that a combatant shows his worthy astatine the close moment. That was the lawsuit now, aft the 28-year-old Armenian erstwhile again reminded wherefore helium is considered 1 of the astir unsafe successful the lightweight division. His show past nighttime attracted a batch of attention, and the sentiment of the legendary Henry Cejudo successful peculiar resonated, who without overmuch thought sided with this awesome fighter.

Cejudo wrote connected the societal web X; "He volition beryllium the antheral to dethrone Ilya Topuria.", and instantly added; "Arman Tsarukyan vs. Ilya Topuria is the ONLY combat that makes consciousness for the lightweight belt. Book that fight!" Such words are seldom heard from the Olympic champion and erstwhile two-time UFC champion, truthful they transportation peculiar weight.

Fight for the belt

Since entering the UFC, this large combatant from Armenia has collected 10 wins and lone 2 losses. One of those losses came successful the toughest imaginable debut, against Islam Mahachev, which speaks volumes for however his vocation instantly went downhill. After that, helium went connected a streak of 5 wins, and past had that strange, much-discussed nonaccomplishment to Gamrot. However, alternatively of falling, helium came backmost adjacent much determined and tied 5 much triumphs.

It didn't fuss him either that the antecedently arranged lucifer for the loop fell done owed to injury. The UFC asked him to bash different test, helium agreed without question and entered the octagon against Hooker. There helium showed unthinkable power and looked, arsenic galore say, "like a antheral connected a mission". The extremity of that ngo was clear; beryllium that determination is nary much morganatic challenger to the reigning champion.

Topuria is technically brilliant, but it seems that this benignant of physically beardown and physically impeccable hostile could origin him the biggest occupation truthful far. The lone crushed for the UFC to debar contracting that duel is the anticipation of a large spectacle against Mahachev adjacent twelvemonth astatine the White House, which is simply a peculiarly absorbing enactment for the organization.