Arman
Tsarukyan was disappointed with the overall officiating at RAF
6.
Tsarukyan faced Georgia Poullas in the co-main event at RAF 6 last
weekend. Tsarukyan repeatedly accused the social media wrestling
star of using dirty tactics. While the referee penalized Poullas on
points, he wasn’t disqualified. Tsarukyan eventually defeated
Poullas and punched him, leading to a massive brawl.
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Tsarukyan was not only disappointed with the refereeing in his
fight, but also with the judges. “Ahalkalakets” says the judges did
a terrible job throughout the night, especially in the matchup
between Mahamedkhabib “Kadik” Kadzimahamedau and Evan Wick. A
four-time Division I All-American, Wick defeated the Belarusian
Olympic silver medalist via tech fall (13-2). Tsarukyan accuses the
judges of awarding Wick points unfairly.
“Maybe 20 times he was trying to poke my eyes, break my fingers,
and I showed it to the referee, the referee shouldn’t do that,”
Tsarukyan said on „The Ariel Helwani Show.” “And by the way, the
judges were so bad for that day. Not just my wrestling but the
other [matches] too… Especially when it was Kadik wrestling with
[Evan Wick], the points were coming from nowhere. They got to fix
that.”
A Street Fight Over Wrestling
While RAF is reportedly trying to book a rematch between Tsarukyan
and Poullas, the UFC lightweight is not interested. Tsarukyan would
rather fight Poullas on the street. However, Tsarukyan believes
Poullas will never agree as he knows he will be knocked out in
seconds.
“No. If they want to do a rematch, we just got to fight on the
street,” Tsarukyan said. “Even better than rematch. I don’t want to
fight in freestyle wrestling. If you want to fight, we can fight
anywhere. He can come to Newport, we can fight in the sand on the
beach. But he will never do that because he knows I need one second
to knock him out.”