Exactly one year ago on May 2, 2025, Arman Tsarukyan fought at a Karate Combat event against Makkasharip Zaynukov, which initially seemed like a one-off appearance. Since then, Tsarukyan has competed nine additional times under various rulesets including grappling, submission-only, and freestyle wrestling across four different promotions, not counting MMA. Only four of his ten non-MMA bouts went to decision, with notable submission victories over Mehdi, Freire, and Henderson. The RAF league has experienced significant growth alongside Tsarukyan and now wants him at every event, already booking him for two fights just two weeks apart. His social media presence has also exploded, doubling his subscriber count, growing a Telegram channel from zero to over 100,000 followers, and accumulating more than 5 million views on vlogs.
