{"id":315246,"date":"2026-04-08T10:04:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=315246"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:34:03","slug":"khamzat-chimaev-mocks-arman-tsarukyan-for-facing-influencers-and-small-guys-in-wrestling-side-quest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/khamzat-chimaev-mocks-arman-tsarukyan-for-facing-influencers-and-small-guys-in-wrestling-side-quest\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamzat Chimaev mocks Arman Tsarukyan for facing influencers and small guys in wrestling side quest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Khamzat Chimaev has not been impressed by Arman Tsarukyan\u2019s recent string of wrestling \u2018side quests\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

UFC middleweight champion Chimaev is one in every of Tsarukyan\u2019s closest friends and training partners, cornering him for his last outing against Dan Hooker at UFC Qatar. And as he has been training for his first title defense next month in California, he has reunited along with his pal.<\/p>\n

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Does Arman Tsarukyan deserve his spot in the highest 10, if not, who would you replace him with?\ud83e\udd14<\/h3>\n

Arman Tsarukyan is currently some of the popular fighters on the planet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nonetheless, he isn\u2019t enamoured with Tsarukyan\u2019s impressive activity in grappling and wrestling contests while he awaits his UFC return. <\/p>\n

Just this 12 months alone, the highest lightweight contender has defeated Georgio Poullas twice and dominated Lance Palmer in RAF Wrestling, in addition to choking the undefeated Muhammad Mokaev unconscious on Hype FC in submission grappling.<\/p>\n

Khamzat Chimaev roasts Arman Tsarukyan in comical training video<\/h2>\n

While in California, each Khamzat Chimaev and Arman Tsarukyan have been figuring out on the famed Treigning Lab. And in a recent video, the pair were seen bickering in comical fashion on a phone call as the previous trained.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, sleeping machine where are you?\u201d Chimaev will be seen asking Tsarukyan on a phone call, before telling him to \u201cReturn to Jake Paul\u2019s gym\u201d because he prefers influencers to what he calls \u201creal wrestlers\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Treigning Lab garage is world famous for the intensive workouts that athletes undergo while there. And Chimaev joked that there’s \u201cno more garage anymore\u201d for Tsarukyan due to his selection of opponents and lifestyle.<\/p>\n

After Tsarukyan replied that he \u201cdoesn\u2019t need the garage\u201d because \u201cno one has beaten my record\u201d, Chimaev noted that he used all that work simply to \u201cgo wrestle with the small guys\u201d. He even joked that flyweight Muhammad Mokaev, who Tsarukyan choked out, was just 40kg or 88lb.<\/p>\n

The lightweight contender appeared to be caught by that, replying \u201cI do know\u201d but insisting that it was influencers and smaller fighters who desired to face him. Chimaev then joked that there was a 50kg weight difference between Tsarukyan and Mokaev.<\/p>\n

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