{"id":406215,"date":"2026-01-11T12:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T12:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/406215\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T12:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T12:37:11","slug":"highlights-arman-tsarukyan-debuts-with-impressive-tech-fall-raf-05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/406215\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights! Arman Tsarukyan Debuts With Impressive Tech Fall | RAF 05"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Arman Tsarukyan continued to stay active in combat sports earlier tonight (Sat., Jan. 10, 2026) at RAF 05 LIVE on FOXNation from inside Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla., defeating veteran wrestler Lance Palmer via technical fall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Saturday\u2019s card suffered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/413822\/oh-no-bo-nickal-vs-yoel-romero-yanked-from-raf-05-event-after-last-second-weight-miss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">last-second blow<\/a> so it was important that the rest of the card picked of the slack. Tsarukyan, who has been doing his best to stay busy as he fights his way out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/413471\/dana-white-confirms-arman-tsarukyan-headbutt-100-influenced-title-shot-snub\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC doghouse<\/a>, was one of the names on the lineup that sparked some serious interest, especially because he was facing a proven adversary in Palmer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Luckily for wrestling fans, Tsarukyan didn\u2019t disappoint in his Real American Freestyle (RAF) debut. The No. 1-ranked UFC lightweight contender was able to find a way to finish Palmer via technical call and did it in impressive fashion. Tsarukyan put the rest of the RAF roster on notice with a dominant outing and another victory outside of the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Maybe Tsarukyan is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/413333\/arman-tsarukyan-mocks-ufc-324-trash-can-paddy-pimblett-getting-subbed-grappling-tourney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">better grappler<\/a> than UFC lightweight star Paddy Pimblett.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Check out the video highlights of Tsarukyan\u2019s win below and let us know what should be next for the talented UFC fighter!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For complete RAF 05 results, coverage, and highlights click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/e\/413127\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arman Tsarukyan continued to stay active in combat sports earlier tonight (Sat., Jan. 10, 2026) at RAF 05&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-406215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}