In his first bout of 2022, lightweight Arman Tsarukyan put on a display of pure Octagon dominance, claiming the second-round …
and it’s the extra effort he puts in he told me that allows those finishes to even be possible his training camps take place in his home country of Spain and so to get here to Las Vegas as you can see he’s in a hurry to do to compete he had to fly almost 9 000 miles he told me I didn’t travel halfway around the world just to show up I came here to show off and Spain’s fightings on hopes that with a tremendous performance tonight he can find himself finally in the top 15. in his UFC debut Michael fight of the night gave him a really Stern test a few years ago and since then he’s reeled off four straight wins none bigger than his performance of the night TKO in the first round back in September yeah and it’s worth noting noting that that loss to Islam came on a short notice as well and he was very very competitive listen Armin sarukyan is the real deal [Applause] it’s the map but I feel that sarukian is is good enough to stifle a lot of that and that’s where I worry for Alvarez if this fight does take place primarily on the mat yes of course he can submit he does have the skills but I feel like Armand sarukian is talented enough to avoid a lot of the submissions that he would throw up and control him on the ground out of the position and get back to a base I think that split him open Michael oh yeah sure did and now that’s a problem he’s pleading badly this could be stopped again final 20 seconds of the round oh my gosh he’s masked in blood that’s me with his eyes they’re probably gonna stop this in between rounds guys seconds Chris tyony got a good look at it when Alvarez looks oh and another one and they’re skimming off do you know what I mean Michael how they just racist oh beautiful elbows here and he’s gonna let this one last and and and for Alvarez unfortunately he doesn’t know where any of these shots are coming from he’s defending blind right now wow covering up I think it should be stopped so rookie on hammering away and perhaps it is in just a moment just because he can’t defend properly I’m not saying you all over is not tough enough to get through this but a cut like that even though it’s not you know gonna stop the fight it’s not it’s preventing him from being able to defend himself properly especially from the ground but he’s a g i mean look I’m trying to get back up and fighting through a mask of blood right now yes covering up the hammering away [Music] telling almond he’s ready to stop he’s ready to give in keep going keep pouring on the pressure and that’s exactly what he needs to do he don’t even need to land flush when the referee is that concerned and there’s that amount of blood and you’re allowed to not do it nice work this guy’s a big problem at 155 pounds he is Armand sarukion