{"id":38479,"date":"2026-05-26T17:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Olympic-gold-medalist-lauds-wrestling-of-UFC-lightweight-contender-201328"},"modified":"2026-05-26T17:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:16:17","slug":"olympic-gold-medalist-lauds-wrestling-of-ufc-lightweight-contender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/olympic-gold-medalist-lauds-wrestling-of-ufc-lightweight-contender\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic gold medalist lauds wrestling of UFC lightweight contender"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/olympic-gold-medalist-lauds-wrestling-of-ufc-lightweight-contender.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Arman-Tsarukyan-213913\">Arman<br \/>\nTsarukyan<\/a>\u2019s wrestling must be given credit when it is praised<br \/>\nby one of the greatest freestyle wrestlers of all time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Abdulrashid Sadulaev recently heaped praise on Tsarukyan\u2019s<br \/>\nwrestling. Sadulaev says Tsarukyan often trains in their camp and<br \/>\nwith other elite Russian wrestlers. Sadulaev also notes that<br \/>\nTsarukyan trains with one of the most respected coaches, Vladimir<br \/>\nModosyan. According to the two-time Olympic gold medalist,<br \/>\nTsarukyan would land in the Top 5 if he competed in the Russian<br \/>\nwrestling championship.<\/p>\n<h2>High Praise<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cArman frequently joined us in camps,\u201d Sadulaev told Red Corner<br \/>\nMMA. \u201cHe trained with the best wrestlers. Also he always worked<br \/>\nwith one of our best coaches, it\u2019s one of Russia\u2019s honored coaches<br \/>\n\u2014 Vladimir Modosyan. I think his wrestling skills are above<br \/>\naverage. For example, if he competed at the Russian championships<br \/>\nhe could\u2019ve made it in Top 5.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tsarukyan (23-3) remains sidelined from the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUFC<\/a> lightweight title picture despite being widely considered<br \/>\nthe most deserving contender. \u201cAhalkalakets\u201d has been keeping<br \/>\nhimself busy in wrestling competitions in the meanwhile. Tsarukyan<br \/>\nis undefeated on the RAF wrestling mats, albeit he mostly wrestles<br \/>\nMMA veterans or social media wrestlers. Tsarukyan is scheduled to<br \/>\ncompete against another wrestling influencer, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Keelon-Jimison-356229\">Keelon<br \/>\nJimison<\/a> aka Mugzy, at RAF 9 on May 30. Tsarukyan will then take<br \/>\non <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Tony-Ferguson-31239\">Tony<br \/>\nFerguson<\/a> at RAF 10 on June 13.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYxgXKCFQ04\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.27631578947369\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arman Tsarukyan\u2019s wrestling must be given credit when it is praised by one of the greatest freestyle wrestlers of all time.&nbsp; Abdulrashid Sadulaev recently heaped praise on Tsarukyan\u2019s wrestling. Sadulaev says Tsarukyan often trains in their camp and with other elite Russian wrestlers. Sadulaev also notes that Tsarukyan trains with one of the most respected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}