{"id":41407,"date":"2026-11-02T01:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T01:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Arman-Tsarukyan-sets-one-condition-for-fighting-Alexander-Volkanovski-203451"},"modified":"2026-11-02T01:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T01:50:12","slug":"arman-tsarukyan-sets-one-condition-for-fighting-alexander-volkanovski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/arman-tsarukyan-sets-one-condition-for-fighting-alexander-volkanovski\/","title":{"rendered":"Arman Tsarukyan sets one condition for fighting Alexander Volkanovski"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/arman-tsarukyan-sets-one-condition-for-fighting-alexander-volkanovski.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> is open to fighting <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alexander-Volkanovski-101527\">Alexander<br \/>\nVolkanovski<\/a>, provided <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> gold is at stake.<\/p>\n<p>Volkanovski (29-4) defended the featherweight title with a<br \/>\ntechnical knockout victory over <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Movsar-Evloev-183539\">Movsar<br \/>\nEvloev<\/a> at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-333-Volkanovski-vs-Evloev-113863\"><br \/>\nUFC 333<\/a> in Abu Dhabi before expressing interest in returning to<br \/>\nlightweight. With champion <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Justin-Gaethje-46648\">Justin<br \/>\nGaethje<\/a> uncertain about his future, Volkanovski offered to face<br \/>\nTsarukyan (24-3) for the vacant title if Gaethje retires.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Arman Tsarukyan reminds Alexander Volkanovski how Islam<br \/>\nMakhachev rematch ended<\/h2>\n<p>Tsarukyan said the championship matters more to him than the<br \/>\nopponent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m ready for everyone,\u201d Tsarukyan told Yavuz Saynomo. \u201cFor me, it<br \/>\ndoesn\u2019t matter who I\u2019m gonna fight; I just want to fight for the<br \/>\ntitle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Volkanovski has expressed confidence that he can counter<br \/>\nTsarukyan\u2019s wrestling and avoid being held down. Tsarukyan<br \/>\nresponded by recalling the Australian\u2019s knockout loss to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Islam-Makhachev-76836\">Islam<br \/>\nMakhachev<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said Islam Makhachev cannot knock him out, too,\u201d Tsarukyan<br \/>\nadded.<\/p>\n<p>Volkanovski has twice challenged Makhachev for the lightweight<br \/>\nchampionship. He lost their first meeting by unanimous decision<br \/>\nbefore Makhachev finished their rematch with a head kick and<br \/>\nfollow-up punches.<\/p>\n<p>Tsarukyan remains confident that his next bout will be for the<br \/>\ntitle. If Gaethje retires, \u201cThe Batman\u201d expects to compete for the<br \/>\nvacant belt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a title fight next,\u201d Tsarukyan reiterated. \u201cEither Justin<br \/>\nGaethje. If he is retired, someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DfMf-_CCMJZ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.2625\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arman Tsarukyan is open to fighting Alexander Volkanovski, provided Ultimate Fighting Championship gold is at stake. Volkanovski (29-4) defended the featherweight title with a technical knockout victory over Movsar Evloev at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi before expressing interest in returning to lightweight. With champion Justin Gaethje uncertain about his future, Volkanovski offered to face [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41407","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\/41407","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=41407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}