{"id":516271,"date":"2026-03-03T15:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/516271\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T15:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:54:11","slug":"tsarukyan-vs-poullas-rematch-set-for-hype-fc-brazil-on-march-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/516271\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsarukyan vs. Poullas Rematch Set for Hype FC Brazil on March 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just days after their heated encounter at RAF 6<\/a>, Arman Tsarukyan<\/a> and Georgio Poullas<\/a> are set to run it back. The rematch has been officially announced for Hype FC<\/a>‘s event on March 11 at the Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<\/p>\n

The two will meet in a 10-minute, submission-only grappling match \u2014 a format that raises the stakes considerably from their decision-based wrestling bout earlier this week.<\/p>\n

\"Tsarukyan<\/p>\n

Tsarukyan defeated Poullas by decision at RAF 6<\/a> on February 28 at Mullett Arena in Tempe, Arizona. The match ended in chaos, however, when Tsarukyan tackled Poullas after the final buzzer, igniting a backstage brawl that had to be broken up by security and both fighters’ teams. Poullas later claimed he was jumped “by like 12 Armenians” in the aftermath.<\/p>\n

Tsarukyan has since expressed no remorse<\/a> over the incident, and Poullas made his own statement<\/a> addressing the altercation on social media.<\/p>\n

The Hype FC Brazil card is shaping up to be a major event. Jorge Masvidal is also set to make his return on the same night, and Jean Silva is additionally booked for a submission-only match on the card, though his opponent has yet to be announced.<\/p>\n

Despite the post-match fireworks, Tsarukyan remains in good standing with UFC brass. The Armenian lightweight has reportedly had encouraging conversations with UFC executive Hunter Campbell, with a potential lightweight title shot \u2014 or a matchup against the winner of the Max Holloway vs. Charles Oliveira BMF bout \u2014 possibly on the horizon in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just days after their heated encounter at RAF 6, Arman Tsarukyan and Georgio Poullas are set to run…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[17501,64,63,786,216018,258053,785,254507,85],"class_list":["post-516271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-arman-tsarukyan","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-georgio-poullas","tag-hype-fc","tag-mma","tag-raf-6","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516271","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=516271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}