Russian-Armenian UFC fighter Arman Tsarukyan in an interview with , he stressed that his fight with Charles Oliveira at UFC 300 there is a fight for the right to become the first contender for the title.
Currently holds the UFC lightweight belt Islam Makhachev , who had already defeated Oliveira and Tsarukyan. The fighters will meet at UFC 300 in Las Vegas on April 13. In the UFC ranking in the weight category up to 70.3 kg, Oliveira is in first place, Tsarukyan is in 4th place.
– Can you imagine that after the fight with Oliveira you will fight for the title with Islam Makhachev?
— The winner of this fight will therefore be the No. 1 contender. For some reason everyone forgot that we have a contenders fight. We just need to win against Oliveira, whether it’s spectacular or not, but we are fighting for title contender status.
– They are just discussing the fight between Makhachev and Poirier…
“Let’s say he wants to fight (with Poirier) in June or May. But in May, neither I nor Charles, even if he wins, will still be able to fight Islam.
— By convention, the winner of your fight advances to the winner of the next lightweight title fight. When would you be ready?
“We need to see how this fight goes.” It depends on whether you took damage or not. But even the preparation takes at least three months,” Tsarukyan told .
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Source : MatchTV
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