Arman
Tsarukyan hasn’t fought mixed martial arts in more than a year,
but he’s doing his best to stay busy in the meantime.

The
Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight contender submitted
ex-Bellator
MMA champ Patricky
Freire with a rear-naked choke in the final round of their
grappling match at ADXC 10 in Moscow on Saturday. It’s the second
triumph in a grappling match for Tsarukyan since his last Octagon
appearance, as he also defeated Makkasharip
Zaynukov via unanimous decision at Karate Combat 54 on May
2.

Tsarukyan defeated Charles
Oliveira via split decision in a title eliminator bout at UFC
300 in April 2024. However, a back injury forced him out of a
scheduled title shot against Islam
Makhachev at UFC 311
in January, and the Russian is not expected to receive a title shot
in his next promotional appearance.

Freire, meanwhile, has lost four of his last five MMA appearances.
He is coming off an 0-2 stint in
Professional Fighters League in which he dropped back-to-back
outings against Clay
Collard and Bruno
Miranda.

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