“Armenia’s FIRST UFC Champion” - Arman Tsarukyan HUNTS Ilia Topuria For UFC Title

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🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Arman Tsarukyan opens up about what it means to represent Armenia, his dream of becoming the first Armenian UFC champion, and why bringing the belt home means more than money or fame. He breaks down his mindset on fighting Ilia Topuria, his pride in his roots, and why the UFC title is the only thing on his mind right now.------

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0:00.0	Armand, question for you, can you, like, what does it mean to be Armenian?
0:03.9	Because to me, I'm Armenian and Assyrian, but what does it mean to be Armenian?
0:07.0	For me? Yeah.
0:07.9	I'm proud to be Armenian.
0:12.0	I'm proud to represent Armenian and I want to be a first Armenian champion.
0:18.0	And so in the UFC, we don't have, like like a number of contenders like a good fighters who is going to be a champion very soon.
0:28.9	But I'm going to sign young kids and I see the potential so big.
0:35.4	Maybe because of me because of like the sport is growing up so fast,
0:41.6	getting so popular.
0:43.4	That's why a lot of kids is training,
0:45.9	and now I have a couple of kids who was like 19, 18,
0:50.3	and if they're going to be in UFC, they can be a champion.
0:54.2	Yeah. Back in Russia. Mostly inBC, they can be a champion. Yeah.
0:54.5	Back in Russia.
0:56.1	Mostly in Russia, yeah.
0:57.6	Mostly in Russia, because in Armenia is not so popular, but we got someone from there too.
1:03.5	And I want to bring the belt.
1:06.6	I want to represent Armenian be a first champion because Russia has already a lot of champions.
1:12.0	So, yeah.
1:13.8	But anyway, I'll belt first.
1:20.7	Belt first and then I bring to Armenia.
1:23.8	Oh, my God.
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