{"id":41246,"date":"2026-10-24T23:20:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T23:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Arman-Tsarukyan-rules-out-featherweight-move-shuts-down-Movsar-Evloev-fight-203330"},"modified":"2026-10-24T23:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T23:20:41","slug":"arman-tsarukyan-rules-out-featherweight-move-shuts-down-movsar-evloev-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/arman-tsarukyan-rules-out-featherweight-move-shuts-down-movsar-evloev-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Arman Tsarukyan rules out featherweight move, shuts down Movsar Evloev fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Arman
\nTsarukyan<\/a> is no longer considering a move to featherweight.<\/p>\n

Arman Tsarukyan rejects Movsar Evloev matchup while pursuing
\nUFC lightweight title shot<\/h2>\n

Tsarukyan (24-3) is a leading contender for the next UFC
\nlightweight title shot. Before challenging Alexander
\nVolkanovski<\/a> at UFC 333 on Saturday in Abu Dhabi, Movsar
\nEvloev<\/a> expressed interest in a potential matchup with
\nTsarukyan, provided the lightweight contender moved down to 145
\npounds.<\/p>\n

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However, Tsarukyan said Evloev first needed to win the
\nfeatherweight championship and ruled out changing divisions. \u201cThe
\nBatman\u201d addressed the possibility at the RAF 14 postmatch press
\nconference following his victory over Dillon
\nDanis<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all he gotta win the title, and I am not going down to
\n145 lbs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Evloev subsequently lost to Volkanovski by second-round technical
\nknockout.<\/p>\n

Tsarukyan has been pursuing another title opportunity since
\nwithdrawing from his scheduled bout against Islam
\nMakhachev<\/a> in January 2025. He previously suggested he might
\nmove to featherweight if a lightweight title shot remained elusive.
\nMeanwhile, reigning 155-pound champion Justin
\nGaethje<\/a> has not committed to defending his belt before
\nretiring.<\/p>\n

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\n

\ud83c\udfc6 Arman
\nTsarukyan<\/a> responds if he would be down to fight Movsar
\nEvloev<\/a> for the 145 title: “First of all he gotta win the title,
\nand I am not going down to 145 lbs.” \ud83c\udfa5 @Home_of_Fight \/
\n@JakeNoecker https:\/\/t.co\/x9Pa2Wh3wa<\/p>\n

\u2014 Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight)
\nOctober 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Arman Tsarukyan is no longer considering a move to featherweight. Arman Tsarukyan rejects Movsar Evloev matchup while pursuing UFC lightweight title shot Tsarukyan (24-3) is a leading contender for the next UFC lightweight title shot. Before challenging Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 333 on Saturday in Abu Dhabi, Movsar Evloev expressed interest in a potential matchup […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41246","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\/41246","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=41246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}