Former UFC light-weight champion Charles Oliveira and red-hot Russian bruiser Arman Tsarukyan will collide in a No. 1 contender combat (because of Justin Gaethje) on the UFC 300 pay-per-view major card on Sat. night time (April 13, 2024) at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas.
However Oliveira hasn’t executed a lot in the best way of pre-fight promotion.
That’s why Tsarukyan has been carrying the load, no less than when it comes to trash discuss, however that doesn’t imply “Ahalkalakets” believes Oliveira is a “quitter.”
“Former champion can’t be like this,” Tsarukyan stated through the UFC 300 media day. “He was former champion and he defend titles, quitter guys can’t be champion. I gotta discuss him as a result of he doesn’t discuss me. I gotta discuss him. I wanna get extra individuals to look at this combat. That’s why I gotta say one thing about him. I’m simply making an attempt to get extra followers to look at this combat.”
Tsarukyan additionally cleared the air on the Kayla Harrison drama from final month’s fan Q&A.
“We talked to one another after that,” Tsarukyan stated. “She understood what I meant and now we’re good.”
Tsarukyan (21-3) dropped a choice to Islam Makhachev in his UFC debut again in early 2019. Within the years that adopted, “Ahalkalakets” compiled an 8-1 report, which incorporates his first-round destruction of Beneil Dariush at UFC Austin. That efficiency was adequate to land Tsarukyan at No. 4 within the official light-weight rankings.
As for Oliveira (34-9, 1 NC), he coughed up the strap to Makhachev within the UFC 280 headliner again in late 2022. After disposing of the aforementioned Dariush at UFC 289 to get himself again into the light-weight title hunt, a late reduce in coaching camp bounced “Do Bronx” from his Makhachev rematch at UFC 294.
One last hurdle to clear for the following 155-pound title shot.
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