Arman Tsarukyan took excessive contender spot within the light-weight division following his UFC 300 win over former titleholder Charles Oliveira. The battle went the gap with Tsarukyan profitable by way of cut up determination, however claims a choose scored the third spherical unsuitable and later apologized.
Following the occasion, Tsarukyan claims that one of many UFC 300 judges referred to as his coach and apologized for his third spherical scoring of the battle.
“I talked to referee. He did a mistake on the third spherical as a result of he gave to Oliveira. The choose,” Tsarukyan instructed Daniel Cormier on Cormier’s YouTube channel.
“I did not discuss to (him). My coached talked to him. He referred to as my coach and mentioned, ‘Sorry. You have been proper. I wasn’t give to Oliveira, so he apologized,” Tsarukyan continued.
In a cut up determination, one choose and tilt the scorecards in both fighters’ favor. Tsarukyan would have been furious had the choice gone the opposite approach.
“He’ll kill my profession. I have been coaching like ten years nonstop,” Tsarukyan mentioned. “On a regular basis like take into consideration the battle, lower weight, practice, loads of surgical procedures, trauma, drama, I do not know, all issues collectively. And like some choose, perhaps he was watching his cellphone, however now we’re good. Thanks for that. He mentioned I understood I used to be unsuitable.”
The win over Oliveira was the largest win in Tsarukyan’s profession and put him in line for a title shot.
