Topuria promises to easily defeat Tsarukyan

Alexandr Ormanji Feb. 27, 2026, 3:12 a.m.

Ilia Topuria, the UFC lightweight champion, commented on a potential fight against Arman Tsarukyan.

“Arman Tsarukyan—my toughest test? Not at all. I have already gone through my toughest challenges. I will easily defeat Arman because he will panic with me. What is he going to do? I always said: when I am in training camp, I know what pain is. I know what fatigue is. I know the feeling when it seems like you can't go on, but you continue. I know about myself that there is no situation in which I will give up. Therefore, when I enter the octagon, opponents must understand: before them will be someone who does not know how to give up. This will never happen. You will have to kill me. And you know what? I love my life, and I'm not going to die.”

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