Arman Tsarukyan fights Islam Makhachev once more this Saturday at UFC 311 and he is aware of he might need to interrupt out some strikes which have by no means been seen earlier than to topple MMA’s pound-for-pound king.
Throughout an interview on the Pound 4 Pound podcast, hosts Henry Cejudo and Kamaru Usman requested Tsarukyan a couple of secret approach that they’d heard he may make use of on struggle evening. Tsarukyan performed coy, however teased that it will catch the light-weight champion off guard.
“Ah, my new approach,” Tsarukyan stated. “How can I share with you, however this can be a good transfer. Good issues and he’s going to be stunned. I’ve by no means achieved it earlier than.”
“I prepare day by day,” he added. “I wish to discover one thing new, to do one thing that I’ve by no means achieved earlier than.”
Tsarukyan won’t want to vary a lot given his run of outcomes since dropping a choice in his UFC debut towards Makhachev in April 2019. He’s been on a tear since, successful 9 of his previous 10 fights and knocking off the likes of Charles Oliveira, Beneil Dariush, Damir Ismagulov, and Joel Alvarez.
It’s the incremental enhancements to his recreation that Tsarukyan credit with serving to him to evolve total as a fighter.
“After all, I’ve modified a lot,” Tsarukyan stated. “I’ve improved all my expertise, however the most effective factor I really feel it’s expertise from the fights. Once you struggle, you go there, you do some errors throughout the struggle after which go to the fitness center and work in your new expertise and after every struggle, I really feel like I’m getting higher, higher, higher. One of the best factor I from the struggle I obtained expertise.
“Particularly UFC expertise. Once you struggle the primary time, you’re tremendous excited, you’re nervous, however now I’m already used to it, for the gang, for the folks, for the media. Simply now it’s like a job. Simply go there and have enjoyable and struggle.”
Makhachev has been indomitable since his lone loss in 2016. He sports activities a 26-1 report and most lately defended his title towards a spirited problem from longtime fan favourite Dustin Poirier. When he steps into the octagon Saturday, Makhachev seeks his fourth consecutive protection of the light-weight title.
Requested to interrupt down Makhachev’s strengths and weaknesses, Tsarukyan defined whye skill-for-skill he expects to come back out on prime within the rematch.
“Islam is so good,” Tsarukyan stated. “He’s so well-rounded. He can strike, he can clinch, he can wrestle, however he has weaknesses as effectively. His conditioning not the most effective. So when he fights with a wrestle man, when it’s going to be tough to take down somebody, he’s going to waste power. His boxing is best than his kicks. I really feel my kicks are means higher than his. He’s so good as effectively, he is aware of how you can transfer, how you can chill out, the place you’ve obtained to drop your gloves, he has plenty of difficult issues.
“On the clinch, he has good motion. He’s prepared once you transfer after which takes you down, once you knee him and he flips you. He’s so good, well-rounded fighter, and I’m simply going to do my finest there and I understand how I can beat and I’ll go there I simply really feel my arms, energy, I simply can’t wait to point out everyone what’s the new model of Arman Tsarukyan.”
