Arman
Tsarukyan cemented his status as the No.1 contender at
lightweight in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship with a first-round knockout
win.

Tsarukyan knocked out Mauricio
Ruffy with back-to-back elbows in the dying seconds of the
opening round in UFC
331’s co-main event at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, further
strengthening his case for a title shot.

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Tsarukyan finishes Ruffy with back-to-back elbows in the UFC
331 co-main event

Tsarukyan admitted the opening minutes of the bout were challenging
after Ruffy connected with some clean strikes, but he remained
confident that he would eventually find a finish.

“I feel great,” Tsarukyan said in a post-fight interview. “I was
looking for a finish and even the first round was kind of rough,
but I knew, like, I’m going to finish him. First punches, it’s
always hard to defend because both of us, we’re fresh. But Ruffy is
one of the best strikers, you know, we shouldn’t forget about
that.”

“The Batman” had swelling around his eye courtesy of a punch from
Ruffy, but managed to mix his martial arts and find the finish.

“I’m such a well-rounded fighter,” Tsarukyan added. “I know, like,
with wrestling, only wrestling, you cannot win the fights. You’ve
got to mix it up. I made the best statement that I could do
today.”

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