Arman Tsarukyan subscribes to the favored Mike Tyson quote, ‘Everyone’s bought a plan till they get punched within the mouth.’ Particularly with regards to UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov.
On January 18, Tsarukyan will put that idea to a check, although it received’t come in opposition to Nurmagomedov. As an alternative, it’ll be in opposition to the Corridor of Famer’s protege, Islam Makhachev, who simply occurs to be the promotion’s reigning light-weight world champion. Tsarukyan will problem the ‘Dagestani Destroyer’ for the 155-pound crown when the UFC heads to the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles for the primary pay-per-view occasion of 2025, UFC 311.
Nurmagomedov is anticipated to be in Makhachev’s nook that night time and can doubtless go into battle night time with a well-thought-out recreation plan when Makhachev seeks his fourth profitable protection of the light-weight strap.
Undoubtedly serving to issues shall be the truth that Makhachev already holds a victory over Tsarukyan below the UFC banner, besting the Armenian at UFC on ESPN+ 7 in April 2019.
Arman Tsarukyan is aware of the right way to disrupt makhachev’s recreation plan
In fact, Tsarukyan thinks that efficiently throwing Makhachev off his recreation will come down to at least one not-so-simple process — hit the person actually, actually, exhausting.
“I think game plans can go out the window when you get hit with a hard punch,” Tsarukyan stated in an interview with ESPN MMA. “If I hurt him really badly, he’ll forget about his game plan. It’s the same for me. In my last fight, Oliveira choked me, and after that moment, I forgot my game plan completely. That’s why I have to hurt him very badly in the first round. Then it won’t matter what game plan they have.”
Tsarukyan definitely has a knack for knocking his opponents out. In his 9 profession wins below the UFC banner, he’s scored highlight-reel KOs in opposition to Christos Giagos, Joel Alvarez, Joaquim Silva, and Beneil Dariush.
