“I KNOW I Can Beat Islam” - Arman Tsarukyan CALLS OUT UFC's Islam Makhachev

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🗓️ 28 April 2026

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Arman Tsarukyan reflects on his tough fight against Islam Makhachev, revealing the biggest lesson he learned about confidence, preparation, and never underestimating an opponent. He also opens up about his tension with Dan Hooker, the viral headbutt moment, and how respect changes once the fight is over.

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0:00.0	the fight with Islam that you had.
0:03.9	You went the distance, if I'm not mistaken, right?
0:07.3	Yeah, it was the...
0:09.0	Three rounds.
0:09.7	Three rounds. You guys went the distance.
0:11.3	Yeah.
0:11.6	What did you learn from that fight afterwards?
0:14.3	Because you only had two weeks.
0:15.8	And this is the guy everybody's fearing.
0:17.8	You face him.
0:19.2	What clues did he leave with you?
0:23.2	From that fight, I learned you shouldn't be so confident. You always got to think twice, you know.
0:34.2	Don't be, don't underestimate your, underestimate it your, your, your fighter.
0:39.5	Even like last week, I was like last Saturday, I was, uh, wrestling was the old legend.
0:46.7	He's old, but still like I was doing warm up like I supposed to do.
0:50.6	I was preparing the same.
0:52.0	I was cutting the same weight because everything can
0:55.6	happen in the in the fight. So after that fight, yeah, you never got to underestimate your
1:02.0	fighter. Yeah. And with the Fab, if you're talking about Faber, I assume, right? In the fight with
1:07.0	Faber, this one clip went viral, was the fight in Philadelphia?
1:11.1	I don't know why I think it was in Philadelphia.
1:13.6	It was in Philadelphia, right?
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