Arman Tsarukyan needed less than one period to dispatch Neiman Gracie in the RAF Abu Dhabi co-main event.
While not surprising, Tsarukyan showed off his skills once again while taking on a much bigger opponent with Gracie struggling to keep any kind of momentum in the match.
A takedown from Tsarukyan and several turns just allowed him to accumulate points and get to 10-0 for the tech fall victory. Afterwards, Tsarukyan doubled down on his callout to potentially face Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs
in the future.
“Nobody cares if he’s big or not,” Tsarukyan said about Gracie. “I always do my job. Size don’t matter, especially in wrestling. If I gave one point to him, I couldn’t look at [my coaches]. If [Jordan Burroughs] beats Zaurbek Sidakov, I’ll wrestle him.”
Tsarukyan started with a pushout before a snap takedown and he immediately started with his gut wrench turns to go up 7-0 in a hurry. A leg lace from Tsarukyan added another two points as his domination continued.
Up 9-0, Tsarukyan got another stepout for the final point to get the tech fall victory in the first period.
Tsarukyan remains one of the most active wrestlers on the entire RAF roster and it appears he’s going to keep it that way until he’s finally granted his UFC title shot, which might come in 2027.
