Arman Tsarukyan: Big Interview Before UFC 331 🥊

0:03If we're going to get back to the

0:05memories, like what's the different

0:08between your first fight camp here in

0:12Miami back in the days and the fight

0:15camp right now?

0:17>> Yeah, of course. Uh it's completely

0:19different. First time when I came,

0:23I was living in the gym. I didn't have a

0:26car.

0:27I was like

0:30in the gym for two months and I haven't

0:33been in Miami. I didn't know English. I

0:36just knew like hello, how are you? I'm

0:38good probably. What are you doing? And

0:40that's all. And coach, he was ask me

0:44like when do you leave? And I thought I

0:47thought leave is like like different

0:50word like uh I didn't understand him and

0:52like so I live here. So and he want to

0:55know where I'm heading out to my

0:57competition. Yeah, it's completely

0:59different. And now I know English.

1:03Now I can afford have a house, have a

1:06good cars, have a my personal chef,

1:10nutritionist. And um yeah, it's

1:12completely different now. I take care of

1:15my body very well. I have physical

1:19therapist. I have I have a big team

1:22right now. I have everybody who is

1:25helping me. It's like I feel like I'm

1:27more professional than I was seven years

1:29ago.

1:37In my team, I have a lot of people. I

1:39have coaches in Russia, Armenia, in

1:41Dubai, in LA,

1:45in Miami, those places where I travel

1:48and uh where I spend a lot of time. So,

1:52I want to just say thank you to all my

1:54coaches. Uh my team is big. I have uh

1:58camera guys. I have managers.

2:02I have friends who helps me with uh uh

2:05my content. So I have maybe 30 40 people

2:09that taking care of me and I'm trying to

2:12taking care of them. So

2:19>> back in the days we were watching

2:21abandoned UFC about the fighters how is

2:23they live in the big houses preparing to

2:25the big fights and now we're living the

2:28dream. We're here with the Arman in

2:30front one of the biggest UFC event in

2:32the year. Everything everyone doing like

2:34the things what he needs to do and we're

2:36enjoying. Thank you God for everything

2:39and let's go.

2:48Uh Arman is always in great shape. I

2:50worked with him like for several camps.

2:52I cannot like recall and an instance

2:56where he was in like not optimal shape.

2:59He came here he already said in the

3:01beginning of the camp he already feels

3:03in shape. He already feels that his

3:04endurance in great. So it was a matter

3:06of like just adjusting little details.

3:09So we worked on his explosiveness. He

3:11requested that. Yeah. And throughout the

3:14the program, we increased the metrics

3:16that we wanted to increase. So

3:18everything is good right now. It's like

3:20the the most important thing that he's

3:22healthy. He he's in good condition.

3:25Right now just final two weeks he's

3:28going to recover for the fight. And I I

3:30believe everything going to go well.

3:44was good but like rain a little bit

3:47dangerous but I couldn't stop couldn't

3:50stop because because I never stop low

3:54base cardio for probably

3:57uh 1 hour 33 minutes. Not bad.

4:15anytime, anywhere. As a matter of fact,

4:17I'm also going to gift to you guys from

4:19the YouTube channel a special

4:22soundtrack,

4:24Riders on the Storm.

4:28I've been working with couple of 5 years

4:31and uh when I start working with him I

4:33never had that issue or was my weight

4:36cut anymore. He's take care of me of my

4:39team and uh before I was thinking what I

4:44got to eat, what I got to cook. I I used

4:47to cook by myself. He was sending me

4:49protocol. I was just cooking whatever he

4:52sended to me. when I started making more

4:56money, I could bring him here and stay

4:59with me for two months and help me with

5:02everything. Uh, he's Italian and I like

5:06Italian food a lot.

5:17>> Georgia, one of the best I think the

5:20best kickboxer in the world. And uh like

5:24growing up I was always watching his

5:26fights and uh he's the best striker and

5:29I always wanted to train with him. he

5:32was competing professional but when he

5:34retired I talked to him and I asked him

5:38to help me and yeah he he he came to

5:41Armenia and helped me and uh I like him

5:44a lot like not like a coach like a

5:46person and uh he has a good heart and I

5:50like to work with him sometimes you just

5:53need not only a good coach you need a

5:57good person who is going to take care of

5:58you no matter what hap happening and uh

6:02about the skills and about the trainings

6:04and I like his style. I like how he

6:07trains and u he's uh so smart. He

6:10doesn't let you uh do some crazy things.

6:14He likes uh standard things and uh I'm

6:17trying to take his experience and uh be

6:22like him, calm and uh confident on the

6:25striking. I feel like I'm more confident

6:27in the ground, but I want to take his

6:30experience on on the striking as well.

6:32We have been working on this camp a lot

6:34on some techniques. So, I'm so excited

6:37for my next fight. Uh see how it's going

6:40to work.

6:48>> Maybe

6:53American

6:55Top Team.

7:21Los Angeles

7:53Arman is the entertainment guy. He's

7:56like combining like to do the medias to

7:58have fun and to train twice a day. And

8:01it's very uh you know unbasic for the

8:04fighter is how the real superstar could

8:07be. Armenian Batman number one contender

8:10and next UFC lightweight champion for

8:12sure. Let's go.

8:28I would like to do a content with Arnold

8:32Schwarzenegger because I like him so

8:34much. When I was growing up, I was

8:36watching his old movies. I like him a

8:39lot and I like his story. Stalon as

8:43well. Jakey Chan. Number one is Arnold.

8:47So I want to I want to meet him so much.

8:50is the goat because we kind of have a

8:53same story, you know, and uh he came to

8:56take take over us and uh I have a same

9:00game plan. Uh I want to I came from

9:03Russia and and trying to take over US.

9:07So he did it and I want to be kind of

9:10him.

9:12>> So he's

9:14beautiful.

9:19Beautiful. Squeeze 100%.

9:23>> No more 60 on the fight. 60 here. 100%.

9:26Push yourself.

9:29Far is my head coach. We've been working

9:31seven years after Islam fight. He was

9:35always on my corner. He was with me 11

9:37times. He knows me very well. He knows

9:41uh

9:42my game and uh I learned a lot from him

9:47especially ground game randon pound uh

9:50submissions.

9:52Now I can feel I can submit people

9:54because of his game.

10:06That's something that I always try to to

10:09get him to be here because we can push

10:11him so hard here. We have a great

10:13training partners. We have great

10:15coaches, you know, and with his way of

10:19training, he always trains hard. He

10:21always willing to to learn. I think

10:24that's when he steps up

10:27in every camp, you know. I don't like

10:29when he actually do camps outside of

10:32here because of different reasons, you

10:34know. For example, for the for the Den

10:36Hooker fight, he was already there. The

10:39fight will be in Doha, so he didn't come

10:40here. He made some mistakes on the

10:42fights, you know. So, I don't like to to

10:45be away from him too much, you know. I

10:47like when he stays here that we can

10:48correct all the mistakes, you know, but

10:51I feel that this camp we have spent a

10:54good amount of time, you know, and we

10:57correcting on a daily basis everything

10:59that we doing. It's it's for the best.

11:02And I'm happy with the result so far.

11:03And Arman is a very confident guy. You

11:06know, he what he says is about

11:08confidence, not about underestimating.

11:10I don't underestimate anyone. And I

11:12don't let the guys that I train

11:14underestimate anyone. And he's

11:16definitely not doing it. We are taking

11:18Ruffy very seriously. We're taking Ruffy

11:22as an endangerous opponent on the

11:24September 19th. He will do his job and

11:26we're going to go for the title next.

11:49It's good. It's very good to have Arma

11:50here in the gym. You know, America Top

11:52Team had very hard work all the time and

11:55Arma is one hard works. come to the gym,

11:58make two, three things every day, push

12:00everybody in the gym, too. You know,

12:02it's very good have athletes like Arma

12:04around us. It's going to be a very tough

12:06fight for RF. I I know 100% Armon is one

12:09of the best fights of the world and this

12:11fight is going to be very very tough. We

12:14hope you uh the good finish and to get

12:17back what yours belto

12:21is the best

12:23>> flyweight fighter.

12:26So

12:27one has a good boxing. It's like kind of

12:30me versus Tapurya. You know if Panto

12:33going to wrestle take him down is the

12:35fight is going to be over. But if he's

12:38going to be struggle with taking down,

12:39it's going to be hard fight for him

12:41because on the striking one is so good

12:44his boxing and he hits hard for the

12:47flyweights. But I believe Pantoja can uh

12:50take him down and uh to his ground game

12:54because on the ground he's incredible

12:56grappler. He chocks out people so easily

12:58during the trainings. Even highlevel uh

13:01fighters that he spar I watch his

13:03sparrings.

13:04So, I'm excited for his fight and I hope

13:06he's going to win.

13:14>> I have a big fight coming up with Mara

13:17Rufi. He's a I feel like the best

13:21striker right now in our division.

13:24Dangerous. I'm taking Mara Rufi as

13:27opponent like my title fight. Every

13:30fight for me it's important. I give all

13:33myself in training camp

13:36and uh if I'm going to lose this fight,

13:39I'm never going to see title fight. So

13:41that's why I'm super motivated for this

13:44fight, super hungry, and uh I've been

13:48working so hard for that moment. And uh

13:52I never underestimate him, especially

13:55his striking. So, I got to be so smart

13:58during the fight because he has a good

14:01punch. So, he knocked out a lot of

14:03people. But now it's my time. So, I have

14:08a good game plan and uh it's going to

14:11work very well. So, I'm not saying that

14:14it's going to be easy fight, it's going

14:15to be hard fight, but I get the victory.

14:18>> Now, just maintenance. Now, technique,

14:21strategy with George Oair, you know,

14:24fight week. We're going to review

14:26everything.

14:29>> Nothing crazy.

14:30>> I'm so excited to fight in LA. A lot of

14:33Armenian people. Everybody excited and u

14:37can't wait to show them good performance

14:40and I want to say everybody come to

14:42watch my fight. It's going to be

14:44incredible fight. So I'm going to show

14:47you the best performance of our manukin.

14:50And uh you leave Arena

14:53saying that fight was so good and uh it

14:57was make sense to come and watch that.