Arman Tsarukyan Confirms He's NEXT For Title Shot, Paddy Beef, Dismisses Topuria, Advice for Gable

0:00What a win for Armit Turkian. How do you

0:02deny him now? How do you deny? We said

0:04last week he had to do something

0:06spectacular. It was spectacular and then

0:08some. He's kind enough to join us right

0:10here and now to talk about it all. Is he

0:12there? Hey. Hey.

0:17>> Hello.

0:17>> How are you?

0:19>> Great. Great. How are you, brother?

0:20>> It's great to see you, Armen. I'm so

0:21happy you could squeeze us in. I feel

0:23like I saw you for like 24 hours

0:25yesterday. Did you take any breaks from

0:26the streaming?

0:28>> No. No, brother. No breaks until I

0:31become a champion.

0:32>> You're just going to keep going.

0:34>> Keep going. I just uh we were doing over

0:37there like now the reals with Nina and

0:40with old team. So we are uh I'm leaving

0:43tonight. That's why we're trying to do

0:45as much as possible content. So because

0:48I'll be gone for 3 weeks and uh we are

0:52the best duo. So that's why we need a

0:54lot of videos and uh

0:57uh we never rest.

0:59>> Yeah. Uh you're like a three-headed

1:00monster now. You, Nina, and Neon, you

1:03guys are everywhere together. You're

1:04like the Avengers of content creation.

1:07>> We have to.

1:08>> You love it. Well, okay. Can I talk? We

1:10have so much to talk about, Armen. Uh

1:12congratulations on the win. It's it's

1:14amazing to see what you've done. But I

1:16do want to ask you about something that

1:17I said last week on on on media day when

1:21when Ilia came out and put his statement

1:23out. I felt like that was his way of

1:25reminding everyone who he is and that he

1:27wants the title fight and I said I feel

1:30like now Armen has to do something

1:31spectacular. It was promised to him, but

1:33you know how these promises go in the

1:34UFC. They could take them away. They

1:36could change their mind. Did you feel

1:38the same? Did you feel like all right

1:40now the pressure is on me to not just

1:41win but do it in a spectacular way?

1:45>> Yeah, of course he he doesn't on

1:47purpose. He know he knew that I'm

1:49fighting and um if I couldn't perform

1:53very well for sure like it uh could be a

1:56questions who is fighting for the title

1:58but now that I got

2:01a a good performance and uh uh uh there

2:05is no doubt that I'm fighting for the

2:07title next. when you were at the press

2:09conference on Saturday, the postfight

2:11press conference, someone asked you

2:12about conversations and you said, I just

2:15had a conversation, but no follow-up was

2:18asked um when you said that and I was

2:20curious, what was that conversation

2:22like? In the back, you said you had a

2:24conversation with the brass. Did they

2:26tell you you are next as a result of the

2:28win?

2:30>> Yeah, before fight they told me uh same.

2:32After fight they told me same. So, they

2:35were happy with my performance and uh

2:37they said uh we're going to work on it

2:39on your title fight.

2:40>> And and and there's no part of you that

2:42is, for lack of a better word, worried

2:45that they're going to change their mind

2:46or do something else.

2:48>> No, this time I was a good boy. I didn't

2:51headbu

2:52and uh uh I didn't do something crazy.

2:57and they like how the crowd was there

3:01and uh how the fight week and everything

3:04went and uh they they they can see I'm

3:07professional and uh they can see that I

3:10can knock out people and perform very

3:12well.

3:13>> Was it hard for you to to keep your

3:15emotions in check and not do crazy

3:17things

3:18>> sometimes? Yes. But I'm like getting

3:21older, so now maybe it's going to be

3:24easier. When were you the closest to

3:27doing something crazy? Weigh-ins or

3:30press conference?

3:32>> Yesterday in the restaurant.

3:34>> What? After the fight?

3:36>> What happened?

3:39>> So, I was on the bar with uh Hamzad. one

3:42guy like uh uh I was wearing the my

3:46favorite shirt and uh he spilled the

3:50Coca-Cola on me and then I went to the

3:52good restaurant and the lunchtime and uh

3:56the guy the waiter is saying should I

3:59change your plate? I said no no no I'm

4:01good. No, let me change. And he changed

4:03and trying to change his plate and the

4:05soy sauce on me

4:08and I almost like elbow him. Oh no. So

4:12you got Coke on the shirt and soy sauce?

4:15>> Yeah, in different restaurants.

4:17>> Oh jeez louise. So what did you say to

4:19the guy?

4:21>> Nothing. I just like I just wanted

4:23almost like slap him.

4:25>> Oh my god. And you had to Did anyone

4:27tell you to calm down or you you knew

4:29because you're getting older and mature?

4:31You need to chill?

4:32>> No, I was just uh I was chill but like

4:36inside of me I was super angry. Was this

4:39before or after the football game?

4:41>> Uh, before the football game.

4:43>> Did you enjoy the football game?

4:45>> Yeah, it was good. But I was talking to

4:48my friends and I didn't see very well

4:50the game.

4:50>> You weren't paying attention.

4:52>> No, I was trying to pen but I don't know

4:55rules very well. So, this is my second

4:57time when I went to the

5:00uh watching football.

5:02>> Okay. Um, did a lot of people come up to

5:04you?

5:06>> Uh, yes. Yeah.

5:08>> A lot has changed in the past year,

5:09right? Like now you go on the street, I

5:10would imagine, especially in LA,

5:12everyone's coming up to you.

5:15>> Yeah. Yeah. Everywhere in Europe, in the

5:17US, in Russia, and sometimes I'm like

5:20shocked like this guy is like 60 years

5:23old and how he knows me, you know. And

5:26um it's it's it's it's good, you know.

5:28It's it's fun that I have a different

5:31audience.

5:33>> I think your top five most popular

5:34fighters in the UFC. Do you agree?

5:37right now? Yes, for sure.

5:39>> You feel it?

5:41>> Yeah, for sure.

5:42>> How's your eye?

5:44>> Good.

5:46>> Okay. Not bad.

5:47>> No, not bad. It's like a

5:49>> Is it just a black eye?

5:51>> Yeah, it's a black eye. Nothing else.

5:53>> What was your take on the beginning of

5:54the fight? Um I know it was a relatively

5:56short fight, but you know, he's a very

5:58good fighter and he was connecting. How

6:00were you feeling in the early portion?

6:04Yeah, he started so aggressive before he

6:07was like a uh so for example with

6:11Sundani he was going back with uh with

6:16physive he was going back and staying

6:18waiting but with me he was opposite. He

6:21started going first and like and um he

6:26worked uh like a first uh I started

6:30throwing the punch first and uh yeah he

6:33was aggressive and when I missed my

6:35first punch I said no I shouldn't I

6:37shouldn't it's too early to strike with

6:39him. I got to keep doing what I I do

6:43better than him. And then

6:46uh yeah so that's why I was like uh

6:50trying to take him down and then when I

6:53felt like I cannot take him down uh I

6:56say okay now we got to like work on the

6:58two

7:00>> uh like a

7:03we say in Russian it's like two floors

7:05it's a showdown and throw the yes your

7:09uh or punches and u

7:12>> uh yeah if you cannot take down

7:14somebody, you got to show takedown and

7:16strike. So, and then I did on the at the

7:19end of the round and uh I could knock

7:22him out.

7:22>> It was brilliant. And then we saw the

7:24video of you working with the great

7:26Giorgio Petroian. Those elbows, is that

7:29is that is that his doing this video

7:31right here? This is amazing.

7:33Yeah, I've been I've been I've been

7:35practicing my elbows all my uh training

7:38camp. Uh because I like clinch and uh

7:43from the clinch, everybody's uh waiting

7:45for my wrestling and they forgot about

7:47their face and that's why the game plan

7:50was like to show the wrestling and they

7:52focus on the wrestling and then moment

7:54you throw the elbow. So I have a like a

7:57thousand sparrings where I throw in the

8:00elbow. always wearing the the elbow pads

8:03and throwing the elbow during the

8:05training. So when I was re-watching my

8:08sparrings,

8:09>> I was doing always that. So yeah, it's a

8:14it's a it was a game a good game plan

8:16for me. You know, I have a uh g like a

8:20different game plans. If I couldn't

8:21wrestle, I can do this. If I cannot do

8:23this, I can do this. So uh even I I

8:28didn't I didn't worry when I was like

8:32trying to take him down. I wasn't

8:34nervous that oh I cannot knock him uh

8:37take him down because I had a different

8:38plan. So that's why I was calm

8:42>> when you jumped over the cage

8:43afterwards. Uh I think you went to the

8:46brass right? You went to Hunter and then

8:47what did you say?

8:49>> Yeah. I said it's a time for the title

8:52and uh I showed the down there too that

8:55I need a title. So yeah. So and uh I

9:00wanted to to send them the message that

9:02I'm fighting for the title and uh yeah

9:07it was electric. I feel like you're

9:09you're officially out of the doghouse.

9:11The the bad days are over. Do you agree?

9:14>> Hopefully. Yes.

9:16Well, the way he was talking about you

9:17in the press conference, it feels like

9:18he really likes you now.

9:22>> Yeah. Yeah, for sure.

9:24>> All good.

9:25>> Yeah, all good.

9:26>> I I I said afterwards that RAF deserves

9:29a lot of credit. Not for what you did in

9:30the cage, but you remained busy. You

9:32remained in the spotlight, but also like

9:35if someone doesn't fight for 10 months,

9:36you know, you could be a little rusty.

9:38Maybe you're not working on things as

9:39much. You're less motivated. those

9:41matches that you had in RAF that you

9:43know you were almost competing every

9:45single month in between the Dan Hooker

9:46fight. Do you feel like it made you into

9:48a better fighter even though you weren't

9:49doing everything? It just kept you more

9:51active than most?

9:53>> Of course it m made me better fighter.

9:56It makes me richer fighter

9:59and uh

10:02and busiest fighter and uh it's always

10:05fun, you know. It's how they treat me.

10:08Um it's uh so it's no pressure, you

10:12know, when I'm competing in RAF. It's

10:14like uh going to train, you know.

10:18>> So could we clear up the neon thing once

10:20and for all?

10:21>> You he paid you how much to be in your

10:24corner?

10:25>> Zero.

10:26>> Zero dollars?

10:28>> Yeah.

10:28>> He paid you how much for you to walk out

10:31to his song?

10:33>> Zero.

10:34>> Really? So where's all this 250 coming

10:35from? The All this is a lie.

10:38No, I mean uh I wanted to get 250 but he

10:43doesn't have money and I said okay no

10:45problem we're friends not all about

10:48money.

10:49>> What do you mean he doesn't have money?

10:50I don't believe that he's quite

10:51successful.

10:51>> No he has Yeah, he has money but like

10:54he's 21 and uh and take from him 250 is

10:58uh unfair.

11:00>> So So he gave you nothing.

11:02>> Yeah.

11:03>> How did your team feel about it?

11:06my team uh my team like I like my team a

11:10lot like Hamzad coach everybody they

11:14whatever I say they they they trust me

11:18and so for example like someone asked

11:21Hamzad Hamzad

11:23what about like you going to be uh

11:26corner with Neon I said he said like if

11:29my my brother decided to be there uh me

11:33and uh and the Neon

11:35For me it doesn't matter. Uh for me it's

11:38the necessary. No I mean the victory is

11:40the most important thing and uh the same

11:44coach too. So if I decided to bring him

11:46there is something that I'm bringing

11:48him. He posted a picture on on his uh

11:52Instagram and he put like a clown

11:54picture over him an emoji. So that led

11:56to some people believing or feeling like

11:58he wasn't happy about it.

12:00>> Who Kamza?

12:02>> No he didn't do that. Someone else did

12:04it.

12:05>> Yeah. No, no. Hamzad didn't do that. Oh,

12:07>> okay. Okay. That's what I thought I saw.

12:09>> No, no, no. It's It's a Oh,

12:11>> okay. Well, he can't believe everything

12:12that you see, including the fact that

12:14you paid him or that he paid you all

12:16this stuff. So, it was just as a friend.

12:18>> Yep.

12:18>> Okay. Uh, will you do it again?

12:22>> Uh, if he wants to.

12:24>> Wow, that's amazing. So, you're just the

12:27>> next one is it's a Nina.

12:28>> She's going to be in your corner

12:30>> if she wants to. Yes. Does she want to?

12:34Um,

12:36>> I don't know. We got We got to talk.

12:39>> Where are you looking?

12:41>> She's there.

12:42>> Oh, okay.

12:43>> Nina, are you going to be cornered or

12:46no?

12:48>> Asking me.

12:50>> I'm just

12:51>> This is it. This is the moment. This is

12:52the official ask.

12:54>> She's excited.

12:56>> Wait, did she say yes?

12:59>> Most likely. Yes. Huh? This is breaking

13:02news for us. This is a big deal, Armen.

13:03We never get to break news.

13:06>> Thank you for that.

13:07>> Let Let's Let's get the title uh fight

13:09first and then we figure out.

13:11>> Wow. You're going to have So, in the

13:12title fight, you get four cornermen,

13:14right?

13:15>> Yeah. But here, I had I had four. That's

13:17why I took the as well. Yeah. If I had

13:20three, it's uh it could be uh hard

13:23because I had a five rounds fight. So,

13:25when you have five rounds, you got four

13:26cornermen. That's why I had one spot

13:29left.

13:29>> Ah, okay. I thought it was only for

13:31title fights that you get four, but I

13:32guess it's all 25-minute fights.

13:34>> No, many event and 25 minutes you always

13:37get the uh uh four corn.

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14:49wanted to ask you about uh something

14:51Patty Pimpblelet said. His quote was,

14:53"Uh, regarding you, I thought Armen

14:55looked pretty up until the point of

14:57the elbow. His eyes messed up already. I

15:00wish uh he never landed that just to see

15:02how the second and third would have

15:03went. Huy was just thinking wrestling,

15:05wrestling, just thinking of wrestling."

15:06But when they separated with 15 seconds

15:08to go, Huy should have tried to put it

15:09on him. He was staying against the

15:11fence. That was a statement, but I'd

15:12still punch his head in. I think that

15:14show holes in his game. His wrestling is

15:16not as good as he thinks it is.

15:19What do you make of that? I mean it's

15:22his personal opinion.

15:24Uh everybody is u everybody has their

15:28own opinion but uh I know my opinion

15:32Ruffy

15:33uh that night wouldn't win me anywhere.

15:37So I uh that if like if if not that

15:41elbow the second round it could be

15:43submission and third round it could be

15:44TKO. like uh in my head like uh I would

15:50I would finish him

15:53>> that Huffy that you fought on Saturday

15:54against Patty. What happens

15:58>> if uh he w he wouldn't wrestle him in

16:02the first round, but second third round

16:04probably Petty could take him down, but

16:07if Petty wanted to uh strike him, he he

16:11would lose.

16:13If Patty wanted to strike him, who's he?

16:16>> Uh, Patty would lose

16:19>> cuz Huffy in your opinion is the better

16:21striker.

16:22>> I think Roof is the best striker in our

16:25division right now.

16:26>> And you just knocked him out with an

16:27elbow in the first round. Armen.

16:29>> Yeah, because of my uh

16:33>> Yeah, wrestling. That's why I'm saying

16:35like MMA is different. You can bring the

16:38best the best striker and show him

16:40wrestling and and knocked him out with

16:42your uppercut because he's going to

16:43focus on the wrestling.

16:45>> Armen, what about the symbolism of you

16:46fighting in LA? I know it was in

16:48Englewood and into it, but almost two

16:50years after the uh the fight and and and

16:52to do that like I I feel like we can now

16:54move on like and and this is the fight

16:56that gets you back in that same spot.

16:58Like there was something beautiful

16:59symbolic about it all. Do you understand

17:00what I mean?

17:01>> Yeah, of course.

17:04uh

17:06my Armenian friends, fans, and uh who

17:08wanted to come and watch me two years

17:11ago, one year and a half, and they

17:13couldn't. Now, like they came and I won

17:18and now they're happy and I'm happy as

17:20well because I uh

17:24I came back.

17:26>> Was yesterday Armenian Independence Day?

17:29>> Yes.

17:29>> How did you celebrate?

17:32Oh, we didn't celebrate.

17:34>> Oh, why not? That's a big deal. No.

17:37>> Oh, we were we were streaming and uh we

17:41were streaming and uh I had a football

17:43game and then I had a business meeting

17:46because I'm leaving today. So that's why

17:50and u as I know that nobody celebrate

17:53here in the California. I don't know why

17:56>> with the big population.

17:58No, maybe they celebrate in their house,

18:00but there is no like uh the some

18:02organization that do event.

18:04>> Okay. Do you think Ilia and his team are

18:07going to campaign to try to get the shot

18:09before you?

18:12>> They're going to try, but it's not going

18:14to happen.

18:15>> What do you think happens with them?

18:18>> They're going to fight with Patty

18:20Pimlet.

18:20>> You think so?

18:22>> Yeah. But depends what what GI is going

18:24to do. Maybe Gi going to say, "I don't

18:26want to fight anymore. I'm retired.

18:29So, you never know.

18:30>> You think Gachi may consider retirement

18:33instead of fighting you?

18:36>> Either retirement, either uh he's going

18:38to ask for a big check.

18:41>> What do you think happens? How does this

18:43play out in your opinion?

18:45>> Uh I think they're going to pay him good

18:49money and he's going to stay.

18:52But they've told you regardless of who

18:54is the the belt holder or even if there

18:56isn't the belt holder, your next fight

18:58is for a belt.

19:01>> Yes.

19:02>> Do you think Gachi has any issues

19:04fighting you? Do you think that he has

19:05any concerns fighting you? Do you think

19:06he'd rather fight someone else?

19:10>> Yeah, for sure. If you tell him like to

19:12to move up or or do something or leave

19:15the title and the fight with anybody

19:18else, he would pick different. If they

19:22if they give him the opportunity to pick

19:25me or he would pick Ela because he know

19:27how he already beat him. He can he knows

19:30that he can beat him twice

19:32>> and he already beat Patty. Like there's

19:34only really like three guys in this

19:36conversation and he beat two of them.

19:38>> Yeah. So,

19:40>> he doesn't strike me as that kind of

19:41guy. I I I feel like he is going to

19:43fight you, but I think he's going to ask

19:44for a lot of money cuz it's the end of

19:45his run.

19:47>> Yeah, I'll be happy that I'll be very

19:50happy to fight him and because I know he

19:53he has like a couple more fights and

19:55he's going to retire and uh to have on

19:57my

19:58on my win streak his name is good too,

20:01you know.

20:02>> Do you do you get paid more when you

20:04fight for the belt?

20:06>> Uh yeah, of course. Will you get paid

20:08the same as him?

20:10>> No way.

20:11>> You don't think so?

20:13>> No.

20:13>> Who's the more popular fighter? Who's

20:15the bigger draw?

20:16>> Me. Me.

20:18>> But he's the champion.

20:19>> He's the champion and he was fighting on

20:22the highest level

20:24for like 10 years when he fought Habib.

20:28>> Yeah. Oh, you're asking me?

20:30>> Uh 20 20 uh 2020 2021 2020.

20:34>> Yeah. can imagine like about like six,

20:38seven years he's on the top and fighting

20:40for the belt, for the main event, for

20:43the BMF and uh yeah, he's making

20:46millions for sure. But uh I'm just I'm

20:48just I'm just get there. So now now I'm

20:52going to change my contract and uh

20:54>> Oh, make a little bit more.

20:56>> I like that. Uh Ilia and uh Patty, who

20:59wins?

21:03Um

21:05It's hard.

21:08Depends how Ela is going to look like

21:12because either he's going to look super

21:14good. He knocked out he's going to knock

21:16out Petty. Either he's going to going to

21:20lose him bad because uh uh uh because he

21:27has a good chin.

21:29Uh, Petty has a good chin and uh,

21:33Tapurya

21:35uh, win by by by

21:39uh, he he wins usually by knock uh,

21:44Kio, you know, it's going to be hard to

21:46knock out Patty and Patty has a good

21:50cardio as well. So, it's like 50/50.

21:52>> You're not leaning in one way or the

21:54other.

21:55>> No. Ilia coming off that loss, maybe

21:58that,

21:59you know, that affects his performance.

22:01Maybe he's not the same. What do you

22:02think?

22:04>> Maybe he's going to be more motivated

22:06and more hungry and he's going to locked

22:08in and uh become a way better than he

22:11was before.

22:12>> Um, do you believe him when he questions

22:14the gloves, the gate gloves?

22:16>> No, it's So, is that is that

22:19something you're going to ask to to

22:20check on or you want any sort of person

22:23in the locker room when he's get like

22:25are you going to look into this or you

22:26don't believe any of it?

22:28>> I don't believe on that. It's

22:29impossible. It's there's a commission 10

22:32guys like checking everything and uh

22:35instead of UC

22:38and then the athletic commission and

22:41like there's like a three different

22:43organization that looking for your for

22:45for you, you know, over there.

22:47Okay. So, it's just him uh stirring the

22:50pot.

22:52>> It's just excuse, brother.

22:53>> Okay. Um, can I ask you

22:54>> He got He gota move move on and like

22:57just just uh come back and that's it. He

23:00just lost,

23:01>> right? Um, Armen, are you still going to

23:03do now that you're pretty much getting a

23:05title shot as you say you were promised,

23:06are you going to not do the other stuff,

23:08the wrestling, the RAF, the hype? Is it

23:11just MMA now or are you going to

23:13continue doing that?

23:14>> Depends when I'm fighting. If I'm

23:16fighting next year, I'll do because I

23:18already booked for the two rough events.

23:21>> Yeah. You've got Dylan in late October,

23:23right?

23:24>> Yeah. And I got in November as well.

23:28>> Who's in November?

23:29>> In Abu Dhabi

23:31>> against who?

23:33>> Cannot tell right now because uh they

23:36they just told me his name. I said yes.

23:38So, let's see.

23:40>> Big name.

23:42>> Yeah.

23:42>> Okay. Ah, you gave us one breaking news

23:44today. We can't get two, right?

23:47>> Yeah.

23:47>> Uh, do you think Dylan's going to show

23:49up?

23:51>> He has to.

23:52>> What do you mean? He he just had a fight

23:53not that long ago against Mike Perry and

23:55didn't show up.

23:56>> Yeah, but he got hurt.

23:58>> You believe it?

24:00>> Yes. It was a fake thing.

24:02>> Well, some some people were saying it

24:04was an old injury. Yes. And he hasn't

24:06come out and and really said anything to

24:08refute that.

24:10>> He could scared from boxing, but he's

24:12not scared of wrestling. So,

24:14>> are you worried that he's going to try

24:15to do something to get under your skin

24:17to make a whole big thing and then you

24:19get into a brawl and then the UFC gets

24:21mad and blah blah blah blah blah?

24:24>> I'm going to bring people over there who

24:26is going to take care of him

24:28>> to protect you

24:30>> to protect him.

24:32>> Well, I mean like to protect you from

24:33yourself. Meaning so that you don't do

24:35something not to protect you from him,

24:36but you know, I think you can handle

24:38him.

24:38>> How do you think that goes?

24:41>> He's going to be quiet. Yeah, he can

24:42talk, but he's not going to do stupid

24:46>> Did you see Kobe and Bal?

24:49>> Yes.

24:50>> Did it surprise you?

24:52>> No.

24:53>> Why?

24:54>> I mean, below, he doesn't know how to

24:56wrestle.

24:58>> So, why was he in a title fight or

25:01match?

25:02>> Uh, because he has a name. He beat

25:06a couple good guys, not wrestlers. And

25:10there there is a beef. That's why they

25:12put him.

25:12>> Okay.

25:13>> And they it was a big big wrestling

25:16fight.

25:18>> By the way, Armen, and I'll let you go

25:19in a moment. You remember I asked you

25:20about your nickname the last time you

25:22were on and that's when you told us

25:23about the Batman. I feel like that was

25:25the big reveal. Am I wrong about that? I

25:26feel like that was the first time you

25:28said it

25:30>> officially in UFC. Yes.

25:32>> Yeah. And then I saw your afterparty.

25:34They had this drink menu here.

25:38Vigilante, Dark Knight, the Bruce Wayne.

25:40Did you know about this?

25:41>> No.

25:42>> You didn't see that?

25:43>> Last time I was No.

25:44>> What do you mean? This was at your

25:45after. I took this picture. I was there.

25:47>> I know. I know. But uh but uh you were

25:51there. No way.

25:52>> I kept I kept low profile Armen. I was I

25:54wanted to celebrate you, but I didn't

25:56want to make it a big thing.

25:58>> Yeah. Yeah. Uh so I don't drink. That's

26:01why I didn't know about that.

26:02>> Okay. Okay. But I thought it was a nice

26:03touch.

26:05>> Yeah. Yeah, I mean the uh my friends

26:07they they uh they did that party for me,

26:10you know, and uh was beautiful house,

26:12beautiful after party and uh great

26:15people, food, everything was was good.

26:18>> Are you happy to hear that I was there?

26:20>> Yeah, but you were not there.

26:22>> No, I wasn't there. I was waiting for

26:24the invite. I didn't get the invite

26:26>> because you don't want to leave your New

26:28York. So, you just like you don't want

26:31to spend money on the flights.

26:34I need I need a PJ like you. I need a

26:36private plane.

26:39>> Private plane. I don't have private

26:41plane too, but it's u in my wish list.

26:44So, buy a jet.

26:46>> That's that's is that number one?

26:49>> Wish list.

26:50>> Yeah.

26:51>> No, I don't I don't I don't care.

26:53>> You just want one at some point. It's

26:55>> just Yeah, it's going to come. But, uh

26:57one one thing that I want is UFC title.

26:59That's all for this in this life so far.

27:02This time next year, you're gonna fight

27:04for the belt. How you have a defense?

27:06September of 27. How many times you

27:08fighting?

27:10>> Well, already defend one time my title.

27:13>> So, what do you think? You think it's Gi

27:14and then who?

27:16>> Gage and then uh Patty Piml.

27:19>> Armen, do you realize what's staring at

27:21you in the face? You have a potential

27:24threeight stretch coming up of Gatechi

27:27for the belt, Patty for the belt, Ilia

27:30for the belt. like it does not get

27:32bigger than this.

27:33>> It's going to be huge fights because

27:35like yeah, Ruffy, he's a dangerous guy,

27:37but not a lot of people knows him,

27:39right? That's why like

27:41>> I was carrying this fight, you know,

27:42like from my side and he doesn't talk a

27:46lot

27:47>> and uh Yeah. So, but like if it was like

27:51can imagine Petty Pimlet or even Aloe

27:55has a big name.

27:56>> Yes.

27:56>> Or Tapura, it could be like huge fight

27:59and like

28:00Uh but like

28:03even even GI is not that big that like

28:06Patty or Elia or or AA.

28:10>> That's the crazy thing. The champion is

28:12probably like the least famous of the

28:14four.

28:15>> Yes.

28:15>> But he has the belt. But by the end of

28:17this stretch, if it all goes your way, I

28:19think there's a very strong case to be

28:21made. You'll be the most famous fighter

28:22in the UFC.

28:24>> Yeah. Next year, this time, I'll be

28:26there.

28:27>> Don't forget about us. All right.

28:29Yeah, always, always, brother. Monday,

28:32Tuesday, 12:00 p.m.

28:33>> You're the man. You're the man. Thank

28:34you so much, Armen. Congratulations. Say

28:36hello to the whole team over there. Tell

28:38them I say hi. Much love, peace, and

28:39love.

28:40>> And uh maybe we'll all do a collab one

28:42day. What do you think?

28:44>> Yeah. Yeah, we do for sure.

28:46>> I've never done one of those on the

28:48street.

28:49>> The skate I've never done it before.

28:50Yeah, the live stream. Never done it.

28:53>> I'm old school. I sit in the chair in

28:54the studio. That's the way I do it.

28:57Yeah, but it's fun. One day and uh we go

29:01to McDonald's, eat McDonald's.

29:03>> I saw you talking to the guy. You said

29:05McDonald's to the guy.

29:07>> Oh, yeah. That Oh, you've se you've seen

29:08my clips, huh?

29:09>> I see everything, Armen. I watch

29:10everything. You You were on the

29:12skateboard. You asked the guy where the

29:13nearest McDonald's was. That was a tough

29:15one. Why you have to

29:17>> He's huge. I'm like, I'm asking where's

29:20McDonald and he he he's like pretending

29:22he doesn't know what is McDonald's even

29:24that. You hurt his feelings.

29:28>> I mean, I give him motivation.

29:30>> Fair. Okay, one last one. What do you

29:32say to Gable?

29:35>> Gable Stevenson. um

29:38you know happened

29:41especially beginning of your career and

29:44I had same situation my second fight

29:47just uh I think he's a phenomenal

29:50athlete and he

29:54definitely he could be a champion one

29:56day.

29:57>> Do you think he was too cocky? Do you

29:59think he he had to be humbled?

30:03>> No, he wasn't too cocky. just just uh

30:09probably maybe a little bit rush with

30:10MMA. He should like take maybe do like a

30:14little bit more before the UFC like a

30:17get experience and then do uh and then

30:21come UFC. But he he's already here and

30:23uh but uh he's still young and I think

30:26like in four five years he's going to be

30:29a champion because he has an incredible

30:31wrestling and uh uh and he's picking up

30:34the boxing, kickboxing so fast. But um

30:38he shouldn't focus too much on the

30:40kicks, spinning kicks, this that things.

30:42He should just focus on his boxing and

30:45wrestling. It's my opinion.

30:47>> Yeah. So you but you think he can

30:48rebound from this?

30:50>> Definitely. Yes. And and when you saw

30:51Namo Fazil get knocked out, were you

30:53happy about that? Yes.

30:55>> Yeah, of course.

30:56>> Cuz he was getting in your face and

30:58trying to start stuff with you.

31:00>> Yeah. Bad people got a neck knocked out.

31:02>> Yes. Uh thank you, Armen. You're the

31:05man. Congratulations. Very, very happy

31:07for you and appreciate your time as

31:08always and safe travels.

31:10>> Thank you so much. Talk to you soon.

31:12Bye-bye.

31:12>> You're the man. There he is. The great

31:14Arman Sukian. Kind enough to join us on

31:17this Tuesday afternoon. What a guy.

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