Arman Tsarukyan is staying very, very busy even without a UFC fight on the horizon.
With a May 30 matchup already on the books, Tsarukyan has already been announced for another wrestling match on June 13 against former interim UFC lightweight champion Tony Ferguson. MMA Fighting confirmed the matchup following an initial report by Ariel Helwani.
See the official announcement below.
Before he faces Ferguson, Tsarukyan is set to take on influencer wrestler Mugzy at RAF 9. Should all of these bouts go
forward as scheduled, Tsarukyan will have wrestled for RAF six times in six months. He began the year with a tech fall victory over Lance Palmer, then won a pair of grudge matches with Georgio Poullas, before defeating UFC Hall of Famer Urijah Faber via tech fall at RAF 8 in April.
Tsarukyan remains in the thick of the UFC lightweight title hunt as well and is currently No. 2 at 155 pounds in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, behind only champion Ilia Topuria. In his most recent UFC appearance this past November, Tsarukyan scored a dominant submission win over Dan Hooker.
Ferguson makes his RAF debut on the June 13 card. The 42-year-old last fought for the UFC in August 2024 when he lost to Michael Chiesa to log an eighth consecutive defeat, but he has bounced back with a pair of boxing wins. He made two appearances in the Misfits Boxing ring in 2025, defeating Warren Spencer and Salt Papi.
RAF 10 takes place at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Mo., and airs live on Fox Nation.
