Arman Tsarukyan: 70% chance I get next crack at lightweight title

[chinarice]

Arman vs Ilia
Gaethje vs Hooker
Max vs Charles 2

 

[JoeRowe]

Arman or Paddy just get Ilia back in there by January. His usual 8-9 months between fights is absurd as he typically doesn't take much damage. If not for the backlog of champions(Tom, Merab, Ank, JDM, Volk, Pantoja, Shevy, Kayla, Zhang) having fought before him he could've easily been called on to headline 321 or 322.

I say Ilia vs Arman & Max vs Paddy, same card. Gaethje & Hooker can wine together in retirement.

 

[jeff7b9]

 

[FriskyRandy]

This is what 70% gets you in MMA

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My first thought.

 

[Elvis.]

Yeah well , if he pulls out the day before again he’s 100% flushed his career down the toilet

 

[Yabadabaev]

90 % I get new crack this weekend wait what?

 

[Hotora86]

30% chance he misses weight or gets injured right before the event.

 

[Fight Professor]

90% chance the actually fight is going to be Ilia vs Paddy.

 

[Ramon Antonio]

Max is right there. The only thing holding him back is he already lost to Topuria.

Won’t hold him back. Popularity + new weight class is enough for the UFC.

 

[godhatesacoward]

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Arman Tsarukyan believes he is likely to be the next man up for Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight ace Ilia Topuria.

Tsarukyan (22-3) was originally scheduled to challenge Islam Makhachev for the title earlier this year before being forced out with an injury. A disappointed Dana White made it clear that Tsarukyan wouldn’t get the next title shot. When Makhachev vacated the belt, it went up for grabs between Topuria (17-0) and Charles Oliveira, who had lost to Tsarukyan in his previous outing. Topuria knocked out Oliveira to win the title at UFC 317 this past June.


However, while No.1 contender Tsarukyan was cageside, Topuria had a face-off with Paddy Pimblett. Topuria recently said he would rather vacate his belt than fight Tsarukyan until the Russian has passed one more test.

While Tsarukyan is the top contender, he realizes that doesn’t necessarily guarantee a title shot. But “Ahalkalkets” is willing to continue winning until the UFC is left with no choice but to award him a gold bid. However, Tsarukyan claims there is a 70% chance that he gets the next title shot against “El Matador.” According to Tsarukyan, he is in title fight negotiations with the UFC, who haven’t offered him any other matchups.

“I’m No. 1 in the rankings, but the UFC can do what they want,” Tsarukyan told Kamil Gadzhiev. “Even if I won’t get a title shot next, if I keep winning they won’t have a choice but to give me one… I think there is 70% chance I’ll fight Ilia Topuria next… They didn’t even offer me anyone else, we’re only negotiating about a title fight.”

Meanwhile, insider Chael Sonnen recently claimed that Topuria vs. Tsarukyan is 100% the promotion’s plan in an interview with MMAJunkie’s Mike Bohn.

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Arman Tsarukyan: 70% Chance I Get Next Crack at Lightweight Title

Arman Tsarukyan believes he is likely to be the next man up for Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight ace Ilia Topuria.

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this image made me realize arman looks like a lean kelvin gastelum

 

[RockyLockridge]

Arman or Paddy just get Ilia back in there by January. His usual 8-9 months between fights is absurd as he typically doesn't take much damage. If not for the backlog of champions(Tom, Merab, Ank, JDM, Volk, Pantoja, Shevy, Kayla, Zhang) having fought before him he could've easily been called on to headline 321 or 322.

I say Ilia vs Arman & Max vs Paddy, same card. Gaethje & Hooker can wine together in retirement.

Ew why would paddy go over gaethje? gtfo

 

[JoeRowe]

Ew why would paddy go over gaethje? gtfo

Long-winning streak. Plus smoking Chandler worse than DP/Gaethje/Oliveira did is more impressive than Gaethje scraping by a short-notice Fiziev.

Also star power.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Long-winning streak. Plus smoking Chandler worse than DP/Gaethje/Oliveira did is more impressive than Gaethje scraping by a short-notice Fiziev.

Also star power.

no it isn't And Gaethje Dispatched Both of Paddys most recent wins YEARS ago when it meant something. How could you possibly think that a guy who's 1-5 in his last 6 is a better win than fiziev. And that 1 of his last six chandler did win is tony, another fighter both Paddy and Gaethje already beat. Whoo boy. CRAZY you'd give him a title shot for his "long win streak" that includes the corpse of chandler and tony+ a robbery over jared friggin gooden. GOOD GREIF.

Gaethjes a bigger star, Former Interim champion, Former BMF champion, 10x bonuses, 2x FOTY holder.


That's one of the issues with these new MMA fans these days, They always want whats new and shiny sensationalist trash that is poppin rather than tried and true products that have paid dues.

 

[JoeRowe]

no it isn't And Gaethje Dispatched Both of Paddys most recent wins YEARS ago when it meant something. How could you possibly think that a guy who's 1-5 in his last 6 is a better win than fiziev. And that 1 of his last six chandler did win is tony, another fighter both Paddy and Gaethje already beat. Whoo boy. CRAZY you'd give him a title shot for his "long win streak" that includes the corpse of chandler and tony+ a robbery over jared friggin gooden. GOOD GREIF.

Gaethjes a bigger star, Former Interim champion, Former BMF champion, 10x bonuses, 2x FOTY holder.


That's one of the issues with these new MMA fans these days, They always want whats new and shiny sensationalist trash that is poppin rather than tried and true products that have paid dues.

Charles fought Chandler 6 months before Paddy and it more competitive. Paddy unequivocally had a better performance than Charles against the same version of Chandler. And im the biggest Charles fan there is.

Gaethje is cry-baby entitled brat who said no-thanks to Paddy when Paddy called him out. That kind of diva behavior is definitely not #1 contender worthy. Paddy vs Gaethje should've been booked months ago but Gaethje is scared.