Arman Tsarukyan is ready to combat subsequent within the co-main occasion of UFC 331, and his opponent shouldn’t be Charles Oliveira.
The occasion is ready to happen on the nineteenth of September, 2026 at Crypto.com Area in Los Angeles. Tsarukyan’s light-weight combat shall be a 5-rounder.
The opponent the 29-year-old shall be going through is Mauricio Ruffy. The #10-ranked Brazilian is on a two-fight profitable streak with spectacular TKO wins over Rafael Fiziev and Michael Chandler.
Try UFC’s tweet saying Arman Tsarukyan vs. Mauricio Ruffy under:
The 30-year-old has a report of 5-1 within the UFC, along with his solely loss coming in opposition to Benoit Saint Denis, again in September 2025.
Tsarukyan, alternatively, is on a shocking five-fight profitable run. Ranked quantity 2 within the Meta lightweight rankings, the Armenian-Russian was expected to rematch Charles Oliveira (whom he had crushed by way of break up resolution at UFC 300) in what may have been a light-weight title eliminator. For causes unknown (not less than for now), the UFC have booked him in opposition to Ruffy.
With Arman Tsarukyan Co-Headlining, Joshua Van vs. Alexandre Pantoja Set to Headline UFC 331
Joshua Van vs. Alexandre Pantoja 2 shall be headlining UFC 331. Van, who gained the flyweight title after Pantoja suffered an arm harm beneath 30 seconds of the primary spherical at UFC 323, went on to defend the belt as soon as, beating Tatsuro Taira at UFC 328 by way of a Fifth-round TKO.
Pantoja, alternatively, has not fought since his loss to Van in December 2025. The loss additionally snapped the Brazilian’s staggering 8-fight profitable streak, which additionally noticed him defend the belt 4 occasions.
