UFC commentator Michael Bisping believes the BMF title winner at UFC 326 could leapfrog Arman Tsarukyan in the title picture.

Right now, Arman Tsarukyan is on the outside looking in at the world title picture in the lightweight division. There’s no denying that he’s an exceptionally talented fighter, but with Justin Gaethje being the interim champion, he isn’t likely to receive a crack at the gold anytime soon.

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Tsarukyan knows that he isn’t in the UFC’s good books right now and that if he wants a championship opportunity, he needs to try and earn his way back to the top.

In the eyes of Michael Bisping, it could even be the case that the winner of the upcoming BMF title fight between Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira could jump above Tsarukyan in the pecking order with a big win at UFC 326.

Bisping’s view on BMF title winner leapfrogging Tsarukyan

“They’re fighting for the BMF belt, and that’s very cool,” Bisping said on his YouTube channel. “There’s only people at lightweight and welterweight that have had the opportunity to fight for that belt. However, they both want to get back with every fiber in their body. They want to be the undisputed champion of the world.

“Now, it’s going to be hard because Charles got knocked out against Ilia, Max got knocked out against Ilia, and right now, we’ve also got an interim champion by the name of Justin Gaethje. And both of these guys have knocked out or finished Justin Gaethje. But Justin Gaethje is the interim champion of the world, and if things flow as they’re supposed to, then the interim champion faces the undisputed champion.”

“Will they leapfrog Arman Tsarukyan?” Bisping said. “Arman Tsarukyan, as we know, is out there, he’s talking, he’s pissed off, he’s the rightful No. 1 contender, and all the rest of it. He’s not. There’s an interim champion. That fight needs to happen.

“But if Charles Oliveira and Max Holloway go out there and do something crazy, if we get Charles Oliveira finishing Max Holloway in sensational fashion, jumping over the octagon, running into the crowd like Jose Aldo in Rio de Janeiro, or like Charles Oliveira last time, in October in Rio de Janeiro? If something like that happens and the fans want it, guess what? Ilia Topuria or Justin Gaethje, they would welcome it.

Quotes via MMA Fighting

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