Arman Tsarukyan Reacts to Justin Gaethje’s Retirement Threat

Arman
Tsarukyan doesn’t think Justin
Gaethje will fight for a title next.

Gaethje’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, recently said that his fighter is
considering retirement if he doesn’t fight for the title next.
Ilia
Topuria and Charles
Oliveira are set to fight for the vacant lightweight strap in
the UFC 317
headliner on June 28 in Las Vegas. Abdelaziz believes Gaethje
should fight the winner. While Gaethje allegedly isn’t “feeling
loved” by the UFC right now, his manager trusts the promotion to do
right by “The Highlight.”

However, Tsarukyan (22-3) believes Gaethje (26-5) will have to
retire if he remains adamant on fighting for a title next.

“Congratulations on amazing career,” Tsarukyan wrote. “Enjoy your
retirement.”

While Gaethje won the interim lightweight crown against Tony
Ferguson, he lost the title unifier against then-champ Khabib
Nurmagomedov in 2018. Gaethje also came up short in his second
bid against Charles
Oliveira in 2022. Gaethje rebounded with wins over Rafael
Fiziev and Dustin
Poirier before losing a BMF title fight against Max
Holloway. He has since returned to the win column with another
win over Fiziev.

Meanwhile, Tsarukyan’s run halted at an unfortunate juncture.
“Ahalkalalets” was scheduled to challenge Islam
Makhachev for the title at UFC 308
last year but pulled out a day before the fight due to a back
injury. Dana White was not pleased and publicly announced that
Tsarukyan won’t get the next title shot at 155. Tsarukyan hasn’t
fought since a split decision win over Oliveira in April 2024.