Arman Tsarukyan is staying busy as a aggressive martial artist and emphatically stopped a former UFC titleholder earlier at present. This happened below the Absolute Championship of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu banner. Tsarukyan completed Benson Henderson in a submission grappling contest.
That conflict transpired at ACBJJ 18 in Moscow, Russia, when the quantity two-ranked light-weight contender completed the previous WEC champ at 155 kilos with an arm triangle choke within the early goings of the matchup. The 28-year-old victor is 13 years Henderson’s junior, in what many noticed as a conflict of previous and current light-weight standouts in MMA.
Henderson’s submission grappling pedigree, particularly within the realm of defensive accountability, is well-renowned. Regardless of the referenced age distinction between the 2, it’s nonetheless a powerful efficiency. This within the context of how evasive Henderson has been all through his profession when it comes to not succumbing to submissions all through his aggressive efforts.
Additionally of notice, ex-UFC combatant Mairbek Taisumov would take to the mat to arrange a future matchup with Tsarukyan. Taisumov confronted off with the potential subsequent challenger for the UFC light-weight title. That might appear to be the subsequent ACBJJ superfight that they’re concentrating on. This marks a busy run on the submission grappling circuit for Tsarukyan recently, as he’s now on a three-match profitable streak in submission grappling.
Arman Tsarukyan known as out by UFC Paris victor
Arman Tsarukyan is the quantity two-ranked 155-pound competitor within the UFC [and as mentioned, the potential next lightweight title challenger]. That is to say that he’s, understandably, somebody who would get ceaselessly known as out. This transpired at UFC Paris not too long ago, because the victorious Benoit Saint Denis put Tsarukyan in his crosshairs.
Saint Denis indicated his curiosity in combating the Armenian contender. This got here after ending the extremely touted Mauricio Ruffy a few weeks again. On September sixth, Ruffy entered the cage with a ton of hype. However Benoit Saint Denis managed to take a certain quantity of juice from The Preventing Nerds product.
Saint Denis submitted Ruffy inside the gap earlier this month in France. BSD then put the light-weight elite on blast after his latest co-main occasion win, as Saint Denis mentioned [via MMA Junkie],
“Now I’m again at it, and I can’t wait to showcase that by dealing with a man like Arman, [Dan] Hooker, [Mateusz] Gamrot – I imply, anyone inside the highest 10. I do know they needed to make Arman vs. Gamrot. They needed to make me vs. Gamrot. It didn’t work.”
“Perhaps me vs. Arman, as a result of clearly Gamrot vs. Arman was already made. I don’t know what would be the UFC‘s plans, however I refuse no person. I’m again on the model of myself which is battle as a lot as potential and win as a lot as potential, regardless of the opponent.”
