No. 1 ranked UFC lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan serves as the backup for the UFC 317 main event fight between Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip.

Arman Tsarukyan during the UFC 311 press conference at Intuit Dome on Jan. 16, 2025 in Inglewood, Calif. Zuffa LLC Only one man deserves to challenge Ilia Topuria for the UFC lightweight ...

Ilia Topuria celebrating as he knocks out Charles Oliveira to become the new UFC Lightweight Champion at UFC 317 on International Fight Week. June 28, 2025 ...

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"For the first 20, 30 minutes I was, of course, upset," Tsarukyan told Daniel Cormier, who was calling the fights with Rogan and Jon Anik. "I said, 'This is not a sport. This is WWE.

Arman Tsarukyan reveals why his fights with Justin Gaethje and Mateusz Gamrot didn’t happen after UFC 311. In a recent interview on The Ariel Helwani Show, Arman Tsarukyan was asked whether he ...

Arman Tsarukyan and Ilia Topuria are trading barbs ahead of UFC 317. Topuria will fight Charles Oliveira for the vacant lightweight title in the main event at UFC 317 this weekend in Las Vegas.

Surely, Tsarukyan was having quite a decent run recently. At UFC 300, he put on an impressive display to get over Charles Oliveira. Next up, he was supposed to face Islam Makhachev for the title.

Now on the cusp of his comeback, Hooker took to social media over the weekend and directly called for fights against former ...

Arman Tsarukyan getting the assignment as UFC 317 title fight backup would seem like a positive step forward for his career, but longtime analyst Din Thomas has doubts. After pulling out of a ...

Ilia Topuria and Arman Tsarukyan (Photo by Imagn Images) The heat between Ilia Topuria and Arman Tsarukyan is rising. After Topuria almost did not take any damage in UFC 317, he is expected to ...