The UFC lightweight star continued his undefeated run away from the Octagon on Saturday night.
In Tampa, Tsarukyan headlined the most recent Real American Freestyle event in what marked his third match under that latest promotional banner.
After winning their first fight before a brawl broke out, Tsarukyan beat Georgio Poullas of their RAF07 rematch, moving the Armenian MMA star to 3-0 within the organization.
‘Ahalkalakets’ has continually impressed along with his grappling talents, and one man who knows a thing or two about wrestling success thinks Tsarukyan would achieve huge things in the game.
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Kurt Angle would back Arman Tsarukyan for Olympic success in wrestling
Tsarukyan’s win concluded an RAF07 card that featured quite a lot of other outstanding names. Within the co-main event, Colby Covington beat Dillon Danis in a clash of controversial combat sports personalities.
Amongst the celebrities in attendance to observe the motion unfold was Kurt Angle, a WWE legend and a gold medalist in freestyle wrestling on the 1996 Olympic Games.
Speaking on The Schmo’s YouTube channel after the event, the 57-year-old was stuffed with praise for Tsarukyan.
“Arman Tsarukyan is the true deal,” Angle said.
“He could literally go into Olympic wrestling straight away and do very well.”
The Armenian was visibly surprised when The Schmo told him about Angle’s claim and jokingly teased that he could ditch MMA for wrestling.
“No way,” Tsarukyan said.
“Possibly I’ll transition to wrestling, who knows?”
The Armenian quickly clarified that he isn’t considering a everlasting switch to the mats and still has his principal concentrate on becoming a UFC champion contained in the cage.
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The highest lightweight contender remains to be awaiting an official UFC return date but claims to have been told about his next fight by Hunter Campbell.
Tsarukyan submitted Dan Hooker last day out to further stake his claim for a championship opportunity, but his actions outside of the Octagon seemingly cost him when it got here to booking the interim title fight at UFC 324.