{"id":28892,"date":"2026-09-20T10:07:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T10:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=28892"},"modified":"2026-09-20T10:07:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T10:07:51","slug":"arman-tsarukyan-sends-4-word-message-to-justin-gaethje-after-ufc-331-ko-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=28892","title":{"rendered":"Arman Tsarukyan Sends 4-Word Message To Justin Gaethje After UFC 331 KO Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<ol class=\"ea-crumbs\">\n<li class=\"ea-crumb\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHome\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"ea-crumb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ea-crumb-sep\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u203a<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMMA News\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"ea-crumb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ea-crumb-sep\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u203a<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-current=\"page\">Arman Tsarukyan Sends 4-Word Message To Justin Gaethje After UFC 331 KO Win<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After getting his hand raised at UFC 331, Arman Tsarukyan now has a message for UFC lightweight champion Justin Gaethje.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tsarukyan knocked out Mauricio Ruffy cold in Round 1 at UFC 331 earlier tonight, after which he jumped outside the cage to shake Dana White\u2019s hand and to announce that his next fight should be a title shot and nothing else. <\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA \u2013 SEPTEMBER 19: Arman Tsarukyan of Georgia punches Mauricio Ruffy of Brazil in a lightweight fight during the UFC 331 event at Crypto.com Arena on September 19, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Cooper Neill\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The top lightweight contender was denied a championship opportunity for various reasons in the past, but now, after the Ruffy KO win, it is evident that he is fighting Gaethje next.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, after bagging the Performance of the Night bonus, the Armenian sent a message to \u201cThe Highlight.\u201d At the post-fight press conference, he said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s [Justin Gaethje] fighting me next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out <em>Arman Tsarukyan\u2019s comments below:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tsarukyan also posted on X:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTitle shot secured \ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffc\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Check out Arman Tsarukyan\u2019s post below:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Justin Gaethje plans to enter the octagon next year to defend his title, as he has already fought twice this year and is currently recovering from minor injuries.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dana White lauds Arman Tsarukyan <\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dana White has lauded Arman Tsarukyan post-UFC 331. Last year, after \u201cBatman\u201d pulled out of UFC 311, White had announced that the 29-year-old is going back to the drawing board and will not get a title shot anytime soon. But earlier tonight, after Tsarukyan\u2019s UFC 331 win, White confirmed that the Armenian \u201ccouldn\u2019t have had a better comeback.\u201d He said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you f*ck up, then you come back and you do everything the right way. I mean you couldn\u2019t have had a better comeback after the things that he\u2019d done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Check out Dana White\u2019s comments about Arman Tsarukyan below:<\/em><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dana White&#8217;s reaction to Arman Tsarukyan&#8217;s win:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you f*ck up, then you come back and you do everything the right way. I mean you couldn&#8217;t have had a better comeback after the things that he&#8217;d done.&#8221; #UFC331 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SA1m4baEhk\">pic.twitter.com\/SA1m4baEhk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) September 20, 2026<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/arman-tsarukyan-sends-4-word-message-to-justin-gaethje-after-ufc-331-ko-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \u203a MMA News \u203a Arman Tsarukyan Sends 4-Word Message To Justin Gaethje After UFC 331 KO Win After getting his hand raised at UFC 331, Arman Tsarukyan now has a message for UFC lightweight champion Justin Gaethje. Tsarukyan knocked out Mauricio Ruffy cold in Round 1 at UFC 331 earlier tonight, after which he<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[13878,230,495,494,1664,1214,746,42,44],"class_list":["post-28892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-events","tag-4word","tag-arman","tag-gaethje","tag-justin","tag-message","tag-sends","tag-tsarukyan","tag-ufc","tag-win"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28892","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=28892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}