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āWhen I am a champion, I would like to fight with Charlesā¦ I would like to finish himā š
Arman Tsarukyan foresees defending the lightweight belt against Charles Olivieira if he defeats Islam Makhachevā¦
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Arman Tsarukyan wants a more decisive win over Charles Oliveira.
Tsarukyan is expected to challenge Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title at UFC 311 in January, although the promotion has yet to make the fight official. āAhalkalaketsā believes the UFC will officially announce the bout within the next week.
āMy manager said Iām gonna fight for the title beginning of the next year,ā Tsarukyan recently told TNT Sports. āIām so excited. And hopefully after this event they gonna announce like official, when Iām gonna fight. But they already told me the place where Iām gonna fight, the date when Iām gonna fight. We know, the UFC bosses knowā¦ I think in one week itās gonna be official.ā
āTheyāve already told me the place Iām going to fight and the date Iām going to fightā ā°
Arman Tsarukyan is counting down the days for his date with Islam Makhachevā¦
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Tsarukyan dropped a hard-fought unanimous decision against Makhachev in his UFC debut back in 2019. Tsarukyan blames the short-notice nature of the matchup for his loss and was adamant about not fighting Makhachev on short notice in their rematch. Meanwhile, Makhachevās team claims the first outing was competitive only because the Dagestani was sick.
Tsarukyan has since racked up nine victories, only dropping a unanimous decision against Mateusz Gamrot in 2022. The Russian has since gone a four-fight winning streak, topped off by a closely contested split-decision win in a title eliminator against Charles Oliveira at UFC 300 this past April. Tsarukyan wants to run it back against Oliveira if can dethrone Makhachev. The 28-year-old wants to finish āDo Bronxā this time around.
āWhen Iām gonna be a champion, I would like to fight with Charles, because our fight kind of was like pretty close,ā Tsarukyan said. āPeople think very close and I would like to finish him.ā
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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