INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Arman Tsarukyan received’t be combating for the UFC light-weight title anytime quickly.
Tsarukyan hast misplaced his alternative to rematch champion Islam Makhachev following his late-notice withdrawal from the principle occasion of UFC 311 at Intuit Dome. The information was revealed by UFC CEO Dana White on Saturday night time on the post-fight press convention.
“He’s going again to the drafting board,” White advised reporters. “I don’t need anyone to battle harm, ever. We’ve been in these positions earlier than. We’re down there with the physician, with Heather from (the UFC Efficiency Institute). You possibly can ask any fighter – she’s the perfect on this planet. You miss alternatives generally, and he did. We’ll see how this performs out for him subsequent yr.”
Tsarukyan was scheduled to problem Makhachev at UFC 311. Nevertheless, on Friday morning, the Armenian notified the UFC that he wasn’t match to compete because of a again damage. In response to his withdrawal, the promotion bought Renato Moicano, who was scheduled to battle Beneil Dariush on the identical card, to step up and change Tsarukyan with a bit of over 24 hours discover.
Makhachev ended submitting Moicano within the first spherical of their battle, thus defending his title a fourth time.
Tsarukyan, who fought and misplaced to Makhachev in a aggressive determination again in 2019, is at the moment on a four-fight wining streak and 9-1 in his because the battle with Makhachev.
Regardless of nonetheless being the No. 1 contender within the UFC official light-weight rankings, White doubled down and warranted the promotion wasn’t going to revisit a championship battle with Tsarukyan subsequent when requested a second time by reporters.
“He’s not getting the title shot, meaning he’s going to must battle his method again to the title.”
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