UFC fighter Arman Tsarukyan has responded to criticism from American lightweight Michael Chandler and New Zealander Dan Hooker.
The first number in the lightweight division, Tsarukyan, can fight against UFC champion Islam Makhachev in early 2025. The fighters previously met at a tournament in St. Petersburg in 2019. Tsarukyan, who made his UFC debut in this fight, lost to Makhachev by decision.
Earlier, Chandler, assessing Tsarukyan’s chances, said: “Arman is doing his job, so I wish him good luck. I think Islam will simply destroy him, but at least he has good hair. ” According to Hooker, “no one will buy a paid broadcast of the Tsarukyan fight.”
— Does Michael Chandler’s attitude towards you bother you?
– No, it’s trash talk. I made fun of him so much that he sided with Makhachev. Sometimes I say something about him, sometimes he does it. It doesn’t bother me. And he’s right about the hairstyle.
— Dan Hooker also talked a lot about you. Don’t you want to shut up the guys?
– No, because they will never reach the level I am at now. I don’t think Chandler and Hooker will fight for the title again.
– Trash talk isn’t really about you. Yes, you can tease and joke, but you never get personal or “play Conor McGregor.”
“We say or write something reasonable so that they give us battles.” The UFC loves it when you challenge someone to a fight or tease your opponent. So I wanted to fight Chandler when he was number four in the division and I was number 15. I constantly encouraged him, wrote that he was a one round fighter who loses to everyone . I tried to hurt him so that he would accept the fight. But I don’t like to harm the honor and dignity of my opponents. I think this is wrong, because we still have sports, ”Tsarukyan said on the air of the program “Everyone for the match! on .
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