{"id":40596,"date":"2026-09-20T06:29:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T06:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Arman-Tsarukyan-crushes-Mauricio-Ruffy-strengthens-UFC-titleshot-case-202874"},"modified":"2026-09-20T06:29:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T06:29:49","slug":"arman-tsarukyan-crushes-mauricio-ruffy-strengthens-ufc-title-shot-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/arman-tsarukyan-crushes-mauricio-ruffy-strengthens-ufc-title-shot-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Arman Tsarukyan crushes Mauricio Ruffy, strengthens UFC title-shot case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Arman
\nTsarukyan<\/a> cemented his status as the No.1 contender at
\nlightweight in the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> with a first-round knockout
\nwin.<\/p>\n

Tsarukyan knocked out Mauricio
\nRuffy<\/a> with back-to-back elbows in the dying seconds of the
\nopening round in UFC
\n331<\/a>\u2019s co-main event at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, further
\nstrengthening his case for a title shot.<\/p>\n

\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tsarukyan finishes Ruffy with back-to-back elbows in the UFC
\n331 co-main event<\/h2>\n

Tsarukyan admitted the opening minutes of the bout were challenging
\nafter Ruffy connected with some clean strikes, but he remained
\nconfident that he would eventually find a finish.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel great,\u201d Tsarukyan said in a post-fight interview. \u201cI was
\nlooking for a finish and even the first round was kind of rough,
\nbut I knew, like, I\u2019m going to finish him. First punches, it\u2019s
\nalways hard to defend because both of us, we\u2019re fresh. But Ruffy is
\none of the best strikers, you know, we shouldn\u2019t forget about
\nthat.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Batman\u201d had swelling around his eye courtesy of a punch from
\nRuffy, but managed to mix his martial arts and find the finish.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m such a well-rounded fighter,\u201d Tsarukyan added. \u201cI know, like,
\nwith wrestling, only wrestling, you cannot win the fights. You\u2019ve
\ngot to mix it up. I made the best statement that I could do
\ntoday.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

\u201cI made the best statement I could
\ntoday.”<\/p>\n

Arman
\nTsarukyan<\/a> (@ArmanUFC<\/a>) let his
\nperformance speak for itself tonight at #CryptoCom<\/a>
\n#UFC331<\/a><\/p>\n

Complete Main Card Results \u27a1\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/6GSVkvH0f4<\/a><\/p>\n

Official Scorecards: https:\/\/t.co\/2L2Ig3cENB<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/BygFCtUWWd<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 UFC News (@UFCNews)
\nSeptember 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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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\u2019s co-main event at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, further strengthening his case for a title […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40596","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\/40596","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=40596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}