Arman Tsarukyan pulling for Justin Gaethje to beat | MMA News
The interim light-weight title is on the road in the first UFC event of 2026. Former interim titleholder Justin Gaethje takes on No. 5 ranked Paddy Pimblett in the Jan. 24 combat card’s main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The combat promotion created the interim title after undefeated champion Ilia Topuria announced that he was briefly stepping away from combating while going through a divorce. Left out was top-ranked light-weight contender Arman Tsarukyan, but he is assured that he’ll combat for the title this 12 months. He’s just not precisely sure when.
“Hopefully it’s in summer, or in the end of the year I’ll fight for the belt, for the title. And I can’t wait. Can’t wait,” Tsarukyan told Helen Yee Sports.
“It (a summer tittle bout) hasn’t been confirmed yet because there’s Ilia. If Ilia fights, I’ve got to wait. If Ilia isn’t going to fight in the summer, I’m the next for the belt.”
Tsarukyan’s feedback appear to point out that if Topuria does not return this summer season he’ll either be stripped of the title, or vacate it. According to Tsarukyan, there will probably be a light-weight title combat this summer season. The winner of the UFC 324 main event will probably be half of it, but whom they’re going to face between Topuria and Tsarukyan stays unclear.
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Potentially taking on the winner of Gaethje and Pimblett, Tsarukyan will probably be rooting for the previous interim titleholder.
“I want Justin to beat Paddy because Justin, he’s going to fight with me. But Paddy, if Paddy wins he’s going to try to avoid me, trying not to fight me because he knows he’s not man like Justin,” Tsarukyan said.
“I’m going to get champion this year.”
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