Exactly one year ago, on May 2, 2025, Arman Tsarukyan competed in Karate Combat against Makkasharip Zainukov, which seemed like a one-time appearance. Since then, Tsarukyan has competed nine additional times across various rulesets including grappling, submission-only, and freestyle wrestling in four different promotions, not including MMA. Only four of his ten matches went to decision, with notable submission victories over Mehdi, Freire, and Henderson. The RAF league has experienced significant growth alongside Tsarukyan and wants him at every event, having already scheduled two matches for him two weeks apart. His social media presence has doubled in followers over the year, his Telegram channel grew from zero to over 100,000 subscribers, his vlogs have accumulated more than 5 million views, and his short videos regularly generate millions of views.
