Arman
Tsarukyan believes it’ll be unfair for Justin
Gaethje to get the next lightweight title shot.
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Gaethje earned a unanimous decision win in a rematch against
Rafael
Fiziev at UFC 313
last weekend, going 2-0 against the Kazakh. “The Highlight” is now
asking for a title shot after rebounding from a knockout loss
against Max
Holloway to make it 3-1 in his last four.
However, Tsarukyan believes Gaethje must pass one more test to
deserve a title shot. According to “Ahalkalakets,” Gaethje has to
fight either him or Charles
Oliveira before he can challenge Islam
Makhachev.
“I wanna fight someone from Top 5, Gaethje or Oliveira,” Tsarukyan
told The Schmo. “Gaethje wants to fight for the
title, it makes sense to fight with me. Because nobody gonna give
him title fight. It’s not gonna be fair that he’s gonna get title
fight. So he gotta beat me or Oliveira to get the title fight… So I
think they’re gonna give me Oliveira, or Gaethje or title
fight.”
Tsarukyan lost a hard-fought unanimous decision against Makhachev
in his UFC debut in 2019. The 28-year old has since racked up nine
wins in 10 outings, only dropping a decision against Mateusz
Gamrot. Tsarukyan earned himself a title shot in a rematch
against Makhachev at UFC 311
this past January. However, Tsarukyan was forced out with an injury
a day before the fight and replaced by Renato
Carneiro, who suffered a first-round submission loss against
Makhachev. UFC CEO Dana White later said that Tsarukyan was not
getting the next lightweight title shot.