Arman Tsarukyan
Arman Tsarukyan
Arman Tsarukyan is a Russian-Armenian professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter who is ranked 3rd in Pro Mens Lightweight in Russia. He has an outstanding record of 14 wins in 16 bouts. He is known for his technically aggressive style of fighting. He is also known for knocking out the former UFC fighters Olivieri, Júnior Assunção, and Takenori Sato.[1]
Career
The Russian began his pro career in 2015 and has racked up an impressive 16 fights since then.
Tsarukyan was on a 12-fight winning streak before Islam Makhachev defeated him in the co-main event the UFC Fight Night 149 fight card in St Petersburg, Russia. Tsarukyan made some noise with wins over former UFC fighters Felipe Olivieri, Júnior Assunção and Takenori Sato before joining the UFC in 2019.
Arman Tsarukyan had an unsuccessful UFC debut.
However, the 23-year-old did snag a “Fight of the Night” bonus for his unanimous decision loss to Islam Makhachev at UFC Fight Night 149 in April. [4]
He is currently placed in the 24th position among the best MMA Lightweight Fighter.[3]
Fight History - PRO
| Result | Fighter | Event | Method | Referee | R | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Oliver Aubin Mercier | UFC 24007/27/2019 | Decision | Marc Goddard | 3 | 5:00 |
| Loss | Islam Makhachev | UFC 14904/20/2019 | Decision | Herb Dean | 3 | 5:00 |
| Win | Felipe Olivieri | League S-7008/22/2018 | KO | Valentin Tarasov | 3 | 1:25 |
| Win | Junior Assuncao | MFP 220 / KLF05/26/2018 | Decision | Anton Matvienko | 3 | 5:00 |
| Win | Haotian Wu | GMMA championship03/24/2018 | TKO | N/A | 3 | 0:31 |
| Win | Takenori Sato | MFP 21412/02/2017 | Decision | Maxim Protasov | 3 | 5:00 |
| Win | Kyung Pyo Kim | Road FC 4310/28/2017 | Decision | Seung Ryul Shin | 3 | 5:00 |
| Win | Marcio Breno | League S-7008/08/2017 | Submission | Valentin Tarasov | 1 | 2:54 |
| Win | Nizamuddin Ramazanov | MFP 20905/13/2017 | Submission | Evgeniy Zlivko | 1 | 2:27 |
| Win | Gustavo Wurlitzer | OFS 1103/04/2017 | Submission | Ashot Ashugyan | 1 | 3:22 |
| Win | Alexander Belikh | MFP12/10/2016 | Submission | Dmitry Sazonov | 1 | 2:51 |
| Win | Dmitriy Shkrabiy | MFP 20411/05/2016 | TKO | Evgeniy Zlivko | 1 | 2:21 |
| Win | Alexander Merezhko | MFP10/21/2016 | Submission | N/A | 2 | 1:28 |
| Win | Ali Khalibulaev | MFP05/06/2016 | KO | Dmitry Sozanov | 1 | 0:33 |
| Loss | Alexander Belikh | MFP12/12/2015 | TKO | Dmitry Sozanov | 1 | 0:30 |
| Win | Shamil Olokhanov | MFP09/25/2015 | KO | N/A | 1 | 2:27[5] |
Net Worth
As of 2019, his estimated net worth is over $1 million.
Also, he has collected $50,000 from his pro MMA career.
He earns around $132,109 which is an estimated average salary of MMA player.
Personal Life
Arman Tsarukyan isn't married yet and he regularly goes on a vacation in some of the trending holidaying spots.
Most recently, he was spotted enjoying his time in Burj Khalifa, Dubai, Tbilisi, Georgia. Besides, he is famous in social media with an enormous number of followers. He has over 145k followers on his Instagram account.[2]