{"id":38050,"date":"2026-05-02T18:21:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T18:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Arman-Tsarukyan-set-to-wrestle-former-interim-UFC-champ-at-RAF-10-201049"},"modified":"2026-05-02T18:21:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T18:21:26","slug":"arman-tsarukyan-set-to-wrestle-former-interim-ufc-champ-at-raf-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/arman-tsarukyan-set-to-wrestle-former-interim-ufc-champ-at-raf-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Arman Tsarukyan set to wrestle former interim UFC champ at RAF 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Arman
\nTsarukyan<\/a> is making the most of his time away from the
\nOctagon.<\/p>\n

Per wrestling organization Real
\nAmerican Freestyle<\/a> on Thursday, Tsarukyan has been booked for
\nhis sixth match under its banner. The Russian by way of Armenia is
\nalready expecting to grapple influencer Keelon \u201cMugzy\u201d Jimison at
\nRAF 9 on May 30 in Texas. The headliner of RAF 7 and 8 may not be
\non the top marquee for this pairing, but he will be taking on
\nTony
\nFerguson<\/a> at RAF 10 on June 13.<\/p>\n

Tsarukyan joined up with RAF at its fifth event in January, where
\nhe tech falled Lance
\nPalmer<\/a> without allowing \u201cThe Party\u201d to even score a single
\npoint. Since then, he has been a mainstay for the burgeoning
\nprofessional wrestling league\u2014that is, paid wrestling matches, and
\nnot of the WWE and AEW variety. After topping Palmer, he rattled
\noff a pair of points wins over wrestler-turned-influencer Georgio
\nPoullas in February and March.<\/p>\n

The Ultimate Fighting Championship<\/a> lightweight
\ncontender has only competed once in the Octagon since 2024, where
\ninstead of a title eliminator or championship match, he headlined
\nUFC Fight Night 265 in Qatar and throttled Dan Hooker<\/a>
\nwith a performance bonus-winning arm-triangle choke. With the
\npromotion seemingly unwilling to give him a title shot, Tsarukyan
\nrecently remarked to friend Khamzat
\nChimaev<\/a>\u2014he too will be joining the ranks of RAF, likely
\ndebuting at RAF 10 in the Chaifetz Arena of St. Louis,
\nMissouri\u2014that he enjoyed wrestling in this league because he can
\nwrestle influencers and \u201cold people\u201d without \u201cbreaking a
\nsweat.\u201d<\/p>\n

No news is bad news<\/h2>\n

His match against an aforementioned \u201cold person\u201d came in mid-April
\nwhen he ragdolled 46-year-old Urijah Faber<\/a>
\nand even threw him off the mats in what some pundits called a
\n\u201cdirty move\u201d and potentially grounds for disqualification.
\nPrevailing by tech fall of 13 points to one, Tsarukyan had no
\nproblem dominating a man 17 years his senior that he outweighed by
\na significant margin. Despite the drama, RAF signed him to not one
\nbut two more matches in the near future.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ferguson, 42, parted ways with the UFC on an eight-fight
\nlosing streak, the longest in the history of the promotion, in
\n2024. \u201cEl Cucuy\u201d briefly saddled up with the ill-fated Global Fight
\nLeague, which still has yet to put on its first event. The two-time
\nNational Collegiate Wrestling Association All-American\u2014this differs
\nfrom the NCAA\u2014put in his time at Central Michigan University, Grant
\nValley State University and Muskegon Community College. Outside of
\nthe wrestling mat, Ferguson has won boxing matches against
\ninfluencers Nathaniel \u201cSalt Papi\u201d Bustamante and Warren
\nSpencer<\/a> under the Misfits Boxing banner.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

ANOTHER ONE \ud83d\ude24<\/p>\n

Arman Tsarukyan vs 2x All-American Tony Ferguson.<\/p>\n

Tickets in bio. Stream exclusively on @foxnation<\/a>
\npic.twitter.com\/719J68JfLk<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Real American Freestyle (@RAFWrestlingUSA)
\nMay 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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