Exactly one year ago, on May 2, 2025, Arman Tsarukyan competed in Karate Combat against Makkasharip Zainukov, which seemed like a one-time event. Since then, Tsarukyan has competed 9 more times across various rulesets including grappling, submission-only, and freestyle wrestling in four different promotions, not counting MMA. Only 4 of his 10 matches went to decision, with victories over opponents like Mehdi, Freire, and Henderson. The RAF league has grown significantly alongside Tsarukyan and wants him at every event, already booking him for two matches 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 accumulated more than 5 million views, and his short videos regularly receive several million views each.
