Watching “Borz” grapple is always fun.
No. 1 ranked Lightweight Arman Tsarukyan, and No. 3 seeded Middleweight Khamzat Chimaev are currently filming a knock-off of The Ulitmate Fighter (TUF) in Russia called Hype Reality 3 … and it’s been pretty insane thus far.
They are both on Hype Reality 3 which is the Russian TUF
Show is crazy pic.twitter.com/P5AlFjOxbo— Knockout of the day (@KOofTheDAY) November 27, 2024
Last month, a short clip of Tsarukyan and Chimaev grappling on the show surfaced, but it was just a tease. However, the entire clip dropped today.
Check it out below:
— COMBAT (@C0MB4TT) November 30, 2024
While Tsarukyan held his own for the most part, as one might expect, the bigger fighter, Chimaev, manhandled Tsarukyan in the wrestling department and was close to choking the Lightweight out. “Borz” was surprised that the 155 lbs contender agreed to grapple him.
“It was a surprise to me that Arman agreed to this and wanted to wrestle me on camera,” Chimaev said. “He knew that I would win, and that’s how it turned out.”
Tsarukyan is expected to rematch Islam Makhachev for the UFC Lightweight championship at UFC 311 on Jan. 18, 2025.
Meanwhile, it is unknown if Chimaev will leapfrog Sean Strickland and fight Dricus Du Plessis for the Middleweight strap after his destruction of Robert Whittaker at UFC 308 (watch highlights).
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