UFC and RAF star Arman Tsarukyan has taken day out of his busy schedule of not being given a shot on the UFC Lightweight Championship to showcase how easy it’s for somebody to be choked out.
The Armenian star was recently featured on KICK streamer Shoovy’s stream where Shoovy volunteered himself to be choked unconscious via a Rear Naked Choke, simply to see what it felt like.
Letting Pro UFC fighter Arman Tsarukyan choke me out pic.twitter.com/oMz09MQA7P
— Shoovy (@shoovy1x) April 3, 2026
After Tsarukyan put Shoovy to sleep, the streamer woke up admitting that he had the craziest dream despite only being out cold for a matter of seconds. It’s protected to say that Shoovy won’t be getting himself in any more Rear Naked Chokes within the near future.
As for when Tsarukyan shall be fighting actual skilled athletes as an alternative of KICK streamers, that continues to be up for debate. “Ahalkalakets” last fought within the UFC at Fight Night 265 where he defeated Dan Hooker, but that fight was overshadowed by what happened on the weigh-in event the day before the event. In the course of the stare down, Tsarukyan headbutted Hooker causing the 2 men to be broken up, with Hooker claiming he suffered a broken nose in the method. Tsarukyan continues to be ranked because the number two lightweight within the UFC, but was ignored for a spot within the Interim UFC Lightweight Championship fight which took place at UFC 324 between Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett on account of the incident.
Since then, Tsarukyan has made his freestyle wrestling debut for Real American Freestyle, competing on the promotion’s last three events and picking up three wins. He has also prolonged his undefeated submission grappling record in his time away from the UFC, defeating current UFC flyweight Muhammad Mokaev at an event in Brazil.