{"id":40511,"date":"2026-09-15T00:29:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T00:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/UFC-coach-predicts-Mauricio-Ruffy-will-knock-out-Arman-Tsarukyan-202807"},"modified":"2026-09-15T00:29:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T00:29:26","slug":"ufc-coach-predicts-mauricio-ruffy-will-knock-out-arman-tsarukyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ufc-coach-predicts-mauricio-ruffy-will-knock-out-arman-tsarukyan\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC coach predicts Mauricio Ruffy will knock out Arman Tsarukyan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mauricio
\nRuffy<\/a> enters the biggest fight of his career as a sizable
\nunderdog, but the Brazilian\u2019s former and current team are confident
\nhe has the tools to spring an upset.<\/p>\n

Ruffy will meet Arman
\nTsarukyan<\/a> in the co-headliner of the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a>\u2019s upcoming event in Los Angeles.
\nHis former coach,
\nFighting Nerds<\/a>\u2019 Pablo Sucupira, and his new teammate, UFC
\nfeatherweight champ Alexander
\nVolkanovski<\/a>, view the matchup as the perfect opportunity to
\nmake a statement.<\/p>\n

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Pablo Sucupira backs Mauricio Ruffy to score a statement
\nknockout against Arman Tsarukyan<\/h2>\n

Sucupira claims the odds might reflect an overemphasis on Ruffy’s
\nloss to Benoit St.
\nDenis<\/a>, in which the former was taken down and finished. The
\nBrazilian coach explained that the loss to St. Denis was an outlier
\nand that the likes of Michael
\nChandler<\/a> and Rafael
\nFiziev<\/a> failed to secure takedowns against Ruffy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t just think Ruffy is going to win; I think he\u2019s going to
\nsend a message by knocking Arman out,\u201d Sucupira told Sherdog.
\n\u201cMichael Chandler and [Rafael] Fiziev also tried, but nobody was
\nable to take him down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Volkanovski, who\u2019s taken Ruffy under his wing and trained with him
\nextensively in preparation for UFC
\n331<\/a>, has high praise for the lightweight\u2019s improved takedown
\ndefense.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is on another level concerning takedown defense,\u201d Volkanovski
\nsaid in the UFC 331 \u201cCountdown\u201d preview. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be very
\nimportant with guys like Arman, probably one of the best wrestlers
\nin the UFC. But if you’re going for shots and you know that’s your
\nonly chance to grab a hold of him and that’s not happening, and all
\nof a sudden, you’ve got Ruffy in your face, that’s a big, big, big
\nproblem to have.\u201d<\/p>\n