Arman Tsarukyan wins ACBJJ All-star title

The Russian-born Armenian, known for his awesome MMA performances, ended 2025 with a belt, albeit not successful the UFC. The young fighter, who is 29 years old, was scheduled to look Islam Makhachev for the lightweight rubric earlier this year, but the bout was canceled astatine the past minute; this did not beryllium good with UFC President Dana White. 

This is astir apt wherefore Tsarukyan was bypassed erstwhile the interim rubric combat betwixt Paddy Pimblett and Justin Gaethje was scheduled for January 24 astatine UFC 324.

Although helium antecedently dominated Dan Hooker, Tsarukyan has not yet received a changeable astatine the UFC title. However, alternatively of mourning, helium utilized his vigor for thing affirmative and proved his grappling skills.

ACBJJ title

On Wednesday, the young combatant managed to triumph the ACBJJ "All-Star" loop aft forcing Mehdi Bajdulaev to taxable with a rear-naked choke successful the past seconds of the match. The combat took spot successful Moscow, Russia, and lasted 10 minutes, during which some fighters showed unthinkable stamina and technique.

However, determination was a abbreviated incidental during the match; Tsarukyan responded with a genu onslaught aft Baidulaev deed him with a enarthrosis to the head. 

"There was a infinitesimal erstwhile I had to react; everything happened quickly," said the young fighter. Bajdulaev countered with a limb kick, which caused short-lived chaos successful the Octagon. Fortunately, the judges reacted rapidly and the combat ended successful a regular way.

Tsarukyan said aft the match: "This gives maine caller motivation. Although the UFC is inactive waiting for me, I proved that I tin besides grapple." 

The seasoned combatant is present the arrogant proprietor of a caller belt, and fans crossed the portion are already commenting connected his quality to absorption connected the affirmative adjacent erstwhile his UFC rubric changeable slips away.

We volition spot if the Armenian Fighter volition travel retired victorious again and if helium volition beryllium capable to travel backmost mentally and bash large things. 

We don't person to walk a batch of words astir his potential.