Arman Tsarukyan shall be paying shut consideration to the UFC 302 light-weight title struggle between Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier.
Tsarukyan is the No. 1 contender at light-weight, however Poirier is getting the title shot on June 1 in opposition to Makhachev as a result of timing. Heading into the struggle, Makhachev is a sizeable -550 favourite to defeat Poirer, which Tsarukyan does agree with.
Arman Tsarukyan expects Islam Makhachev to outwrestle Dustin Poirier at UFC 302 to get the win. However, he isn’t ruling out ‘The Diamond’ scoring a KO win as he believes Poirier has a puncher’s probability.
“I see Islam goes to try to push him to the cage, to try to take him down and, attempt to maintain him, submit him. But when he can’t do this, it’s going to be harmful, if he needs to field him, I feel Dustin Poirier on a special stage, his punch, his pace, he can knock him out very quick. That’s why Islam’s gotta attempt to take him down straight away. For me, the favourite is Islam, on this struggle however like I can put cash on Dustin Poirier KO, as a result of it may occur,” Tsarukyan mentioned to the New York Publish.
Tsarukyan shall be paying shut consideration to that struggle as he expects to face the winner for the belt. Though if Poirier wins, a direct rematch would doubtless occur, however with that mentioned Tsarukayn has made it clear his subsequent struggle shall be for the title.
“I’m gonna watch for my title struggle. I do know UFC is gonna give me that probability as a result of they’re not bullshit, they’re gonna do actual struggle,” Tsarukyan mentioned.
Arman Tsarukyan is at the moment 22-3 as a professional and coming off a break up resolution win over Charles Oliveira. Earlier than that, he scored a KO win over Beneil Dariush and is 9-2 within the UFC with a type of losses being in opposition to Makhachev on quick discover in his promotional debut. He holds notable wins over Damir Ismagulov, Christos Giagos, Matt Frevola, and Olivier Aubin-Mercier amongst others.
