{"id":586450,"date":"2026-04-06T19:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/586450\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T19:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:30:09","slug":"arman-tsarukyan-explains-why-he-would-beat-khabib-nurmagomedov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/586450\/","title":{"rendered":"Arman Tsarukyan Explains Why He Would Beat Khabib Nurmagomedov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/tag\/arman-tsarukyan\" class=\"tag-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arman Tsarukyan<\/a> has explained why he believes he would defeat UFC legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/tag\/khabib-nurmagomedov\" class=\"tag-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Khabib Nurmagomedov<\/a> in a hypothetical matchup. The lightweight contender shared his thoughts on how a fight between the two Dagestani fighters would play out.<\/p>\n<p>Tsarukyan, who has emerged as one of the top contenders in the UFC lightweight division, addressed the fantasy matchup during a recent interview. The fighter outlined his approach to facing the undefeated former champion.<\/p>\n<p>Tsarukyan&#8217;s Confidence Against Nurmagomedov<\/p>\n<p>The lightweight contender believes his skill set would present problems for Nurmagomedov. \u201cI\u2019m more well-rounded than him,\u201d he said. \u201cProbably decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nurmagomedov retired from MMA in 2020 with a perfect 29-0 record and is widely regarded as one of the greatest lightweights in UFC history. The Dagestani legend never lost a round in his final three title defenses.<\/p>\n<p>Current Lightweight Landscape<\/p>\n<p>Tsarukyan has positioned himself as a top contender in the lightweight division. The matchup with Nurmagomedov remains purely hypothetical, as the former champion has shown no indication of returning to competition.<\/p>\n<p>Both fighters share Dagestani heritage and train in similar grappling-heavy styles that have proven successful at the highest levels of MMA. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arman Tsarukyan has explained why he believes he would defeat UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov in a hypothetical matchup.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[15504,49,48,641,3627,638,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-586450","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-arman-tsarukyan","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-fighting","12":"tag-khabib-nurmagomedov","13":"tag-mma","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586450","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=586450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}