{"id":503354,"date":"2026-02-27T16:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T16:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/503354\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T16:06:09","slug":"ilia-topuria-isnt-concerned-about-the-threat-of-arman-tsarukyan-in-possible-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/503354\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilia Topuria isn’t concerned about the threat of Arman Tsarukyan in possible title fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria isn\u2019t concerned about the threat of Arman Tsarukyan if the two clash in a title showdown.<\/p>\n

Right now, Ilia Topuria is one of the scariest fighters in all of mixed martial arts. He\u2019s earned that reputation as a result of his blockbuster knockout wins over Alexander Volkanovski, Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira, in three victories that cemented him as one of the best pound for pound athletes in all of combat sports.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Arman Tsarukyan has the best chance of beating Ilia Topuria, says UFC GOAT<\/a><\/p>\n

Following on from his recent time off, Topuria seems set to lock horns with interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje later this year. However, while that\u2019s the bout that makes sense, many felt as if Arman Tsarukyan should have been part of the interim title fight at UFC 324.<\/p>\n

As their rivalry continues to intensify<\/a>, Topuria used a recent interview with Adin Ross to give his thoughts on potentially fighting Tsarukyan in the future.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Topuria isn\u2019t concerned by threat of Tsarukyan<\/p>\n

\u201c[Arman Tsarukyan is] my toughest challenge? No way,\u201d Topuria said during a live stream with Adin Ross. \u201cI\u2019ve already had my toughest challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like to say who he fought, because there\u2019s not an easy fight in the UFC. Everyone is a tough opponent. That\u2019s one of the reasons why they\u2019re fighting in the biggest promotion in the world. But he lost to Islam [Makhachev]. He lost to [Mateusz] Gamrot. He got knocked out in the beginning of his career. And he doesn\u2019t really have the ability to finish the fight. He only finishes the fights when his opponent gets tired, and he just goes on the ground and does the ground and pound and all that.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if he faced someone who really has that preparation, has that cardio, he doesn\u2019t get scared if he goes to the ground, he\u2019s going to suffer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quotes via MMA Fighting<\/a><\/p>\n

How do you believe this fight would play out? Let us know your thoughts on this in the comments below, BJPENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria isn\u2019t concerned about the threat of Arman Tsarukyan if the two clash in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-503354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}