\u201cAkhalkalakets\u201d still doesn\u2019t have a fight.<\/p>\n
Yesterday (Sun., May 31, 2026), No. 2-ranked UFC Lightweight<\/a> and almost-title challenger<\/a> Arman Tsarukyan released a YouTube video about his time in New York. About two minutes in, he revealed that his next fight will be a title fight … a BMF title fight.<\/p>\n \u201cMy next fight is the title fight, which is probably in September in L.A. But I\u2019m a backup for the White House, too, if someone pulls out or gets hurt,\u201d Tsarukyan said. \u201cI may fight him again [Tsarukyan points at Charles Oliveira].\u201d<\/p>\n And, as expected, the internet and news aggregators went wild with the news that Tsarukyan is finally returning.<\/p>\n In fact, he doesn\u2019t have any idea when he\u2019s competing inside the Octagon.<\/p>\n \u201cToday on my YouTube, I said I might fight in September, and people immediately started posting that I\u2019m officially fighting Oliveira,\u201d Tsarukyan told Ariel Helwani a few hours after the news went wild. \u201cNo [I\u2019m not fighting him]. Nothing is official. I didn\u2019t say 100 percent I\u2019m fighting; I said I might fight him. It could happen. My next fight could be in September, October or December; you never know. Maybe next year. Who knows what UFC wants to do or who I\u2019ll be fighting next?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m fighting the winner of Topuria vs. Gaethje,\u201d Tsarukyan added. \u201cIf it\u2019s Topuria, then probably at the end of the year, and if it\u2019s Gaethje, it\u2019ll be September or maybe October.\u201d<\/p>\n