{"id":27948,"date":"2026-09-14T22:09:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=27948"},"modified":"2026-09-14T22:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:09:17","slug":"mauricio-ruffys-toughest-rival-predicts-win-over-arman-tsarukyan-at-ufc-331","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=27948","title":{"rendered":"Mauricio Ruffy&#8217;s toughest rival predicts win over Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 331"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-label\">Trending:<\/span><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-border\"\/><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-border-2\"\/>NSAC doubles down on punishment for UFC 329 fighters, fines Paddy Pimblett and two other big names<span class=\"photo-credit\">Credit: Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>UFC lightweight contender Mauricio Ruffy\u2019s former foe, Michael Chandler, predicts a stunning finish in the UFC 331 co-main event.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A potential No. 1 contender fight between lightweights Arman Tsarukyan and Mauricio Ruffy co-headlines UFC 331 on Saturday in Los Angeles. Tsarukyan, the UFC\u2019s top lightweight contender, will look to secure another title shot against the rising star Ruffy.<\/p>\n<p>A flyweight title rematch between Joshua Van and Alexandre Pantoja headlines UFC 331.<\/p>\n<p>The Tsarukyan vs. Ruffy winner will likely face reigning lightweight champion Justin Gaethje after UFC 331. Ruffy, who has earned recent wins over Rafael Fiziev and Michael Chandler, is considered one of the most dangerous strikers in the division.<\/p>\n<p>Many suspect Tsarukyan will get the fight to the ground against Ruffy and put the talented Brazilian in all kinds of trouble in the Octagon. But one of Ruffy\u2019s biggest rivals believes UFC 331 is set up for an upset.<\/p>\n<h2>Michael Chandler predicts Mauricio Ruffy will finish Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 331<\/h2>\n<p>In a recent appearance on <em>The Ariel Helwani Show<\/em>, UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler was asked for his thoughts on Ruffy vs. Tsarukyan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArman is one of those guys where he\u2019s good, stays busy, putting himself out there\u2026he has a very, very good recipe to beat Mauricio Ruffy for sure. But can he implement that game plan? I think Ruffy catches him with a couple of big shots,\u201d Chandler said of Ruffy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArman is obviously going to go for the takedown, because he\u2019s not going to stand with Ruffy. Going to put the pressure on him, but I wasn\u2019t able to do that\u2026but I think Ruffy has some momentum on his side and Arman\u2019s got some ring rust\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMauricio Ruffy is good, and I think he\u2019s better than a lot of people think he is,\u201d Chandler concluded about Ruffy. \u201cSo I\u2019ve got Ruffy in that one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What is your prediction for Arman Tsarukyan vs. Mauricio Ruffy? Share your thoughts in the comments![<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-1 mt-0 os-source\">This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/mauricio-ruffy\/mauricio-ruffy-toughest-rival-predicts-win-arman-tsarukyan-ufc-331\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mauricio-ruffy-toughest-rival-predicts-win-arman-tsarukyan-ufc-331\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trending:NSAC doubles down on punishment for UFC 329 fighters, fines Paddy Pimblett and two other big namesCredit: Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC UFC lightweight contender Mauricio Ruffy\u2019s former foe, Michael Chandler, predicts a stunning finish in the UFC 331 co-main event. A potential No. 1 contender fight between lightweights Arman Tsarukyan and Mauricio Ruffy co-headlines UFC 331<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[230,3610,493,1688,9531,714,746,42,44],"class_list":["post-27948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fighters","tag-arman","tag-mauricio","tag-predicts","tag-rival","tag-ruffys","tag-toughest","tag-tsarukyan","tag-ufc","tag-win"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}