{"id":531327,"date":"2026-03-12T11:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/531327\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:50:10","slug":"arman-tsarukyan-puts-muhammad-mokaev-to-sleep-names-next-two-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/531327\/","title":{"rendered":"Arman Tsarukyan Puts Muhammad Mokaev To Sleep, Names Next Two Targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/tag\/Arman-Tsarukyan\/\" title=\"Arman Tsarukyan\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"28934\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arman Tsarukyan<\/a> locked horns with former UFC flyweight contender Muhammad Mokaev in the Hype Brazil main event, and the 10-min submission-only grappling match was easy game for Tsarukyan due to his size advantage.<\/p>\n<p>In the seventh minute of the bout, the Armenian took \u201cThe Punisher\u2019s\u201d back and sunk in a rare-naked-choke that forced the latter to tap.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the submission below:<\/p>\n<p>After getting the Hype FC gold strap on his shoulder, \u201cAhalkalakets\u201d wasted no time in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVxWpKJlWEb\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVxWpKJlWEb\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">naming his next targets.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Arman Tsarukyan wants to defend his Hype FC strap against the UFC\u2019s greatest submission artist, <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/tag\/charles-oliveira\/\" title=\"Charles Oliveira\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"28933\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Oliveira<\/a>, in Sao Paulo. During the post-match interview, he said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to fight Charles Oliveira next\u2026 I was born ready for this, so I\u2019m down any day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check out Arman Tsarukyan\u2019s comments below:<\/p>\n<p>The No. 2-ranked UFC lightweight contender also called out Brazilian <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/jiu-jitsu\/\" title=\"jiu-jitsu\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"28931\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">jiu-jitsu<\/a> ace Dillon Danis during the same interview:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want real challengers. I heard Dillon Danis wants to wrestle me. Grapple me, come on, bro. Let\u2019s do it. Let\u2019s make it happen. I won\u2019t give you this title. I am going to smoke you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check out Arman Tsarukyan calling out Dillon Danis below:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dillon Danis has accepted Arman Tsarukyan&#8217;s call out \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>Arman Tsarukyan called out Dillon Danis for a grappling match after submitting Muhammad Mokaev:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I heard Dillon Danis wants to wrestle me. Grapple me, come on bro. Let&#8217;s do it, let&#8217;s make it happen&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dillon Danis\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YG2TsYg2Bp\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/YG2TsYg2Bp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Best MMA Moments (@XcellentMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XcellentMMA\/status\/2031949153140408441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">March 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dillon Danis responds to Arman Tsarukyan<\/p>\n<p>Dillon Danis wasted no time in responding to the newly minted Hype Fighting champion\u2019s callout. He accepted it right away by posting on X:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI accept. @ArmanUfc I\u2019ll see you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>El Jefe\u201d is scheduled to wrestle <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/tag\/colby-covington\/\" title=\"Colby Covington\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"28932\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colby Covington<\/a> in the co-main event of RAF 7 on March 28. On the same night, Tsarukyan will run it back with Georgia Poullas in the RAF 07 headlining bout. <\/p>\n<p>Their last freestyle wrestling match <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/merab-dvalishvili-sean-omalley-belal-muhammad-and-others-react-to-arman-tsarukyan-and-georgio-poullas-altercation-at-raf-06\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/merab-dvalishvili-sean-omalley-belal-muhammad-and-others-react-to-arman-tsarukyan-and-georgio-poullas-altercation-at-raf-06\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ended in chaos due to a post-fight melee<\/a>. Although \u201cAhalkalakets\u201d was declared the winner (5-3), fans immediately called for a rematch. With interest in Real American Freestyle skyrocketing, thanks to the brawl, the promotion was quick to grant it.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arman Tsarukyan locked horns with former UFC flyweight contender Muhammad Mokaev in the Hype Brazil main event, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-531327","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\/531327","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=531327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}