Tsarukyan mocks Topuria's claim he could submit Makhachev

Arman Tsarukyan has ridiculed Ilia Topuria's stated intention to submit Islam Makhachev, dismissing the possibility entirely. Tsarukyan went as far as to say that even Khabib Nurmagomedov would not have been able to submit Makhachev, emphasizing the difficulty of the task. The comments highlight the skepticism around Topuria's confidence in his grappling abilities against one of the sport's elite grapplers. This represents part of the ongoing narrative around a potential future matchup between Topuria and Makhachev. Tsarukyan's invocation of Khabib's name underscores just how unlikely he views a submission victory over Makhachev to be.