Exactly one year ago, on May 2, 2025, Arman Tsarukyan competed in Karate Combat against Makkasharip Zainukov, beginning what appeared to be a one-off appearance. Since then, Tsarukyan has competed nine additional times across various rule sets including grappling, submission-only, and freestyle wrestling in four different promotions, not including MMA. Only four of his ten matches went to decision, with finishes over opponents including Mehdi, Freire, and Henderson. The RAF league has grown significantly alongside Tsarukyan's involvement and wants him at every event, with two matches already scheduled just two weeks apart. His social media presence has also exploded over the year, doubling his followers, growing his Telegram channel from zero to over 100,000 subscribers, producing vlogs that have accumulated over 5 million views, and creating daily short videos garnering millions of views each.
