Overview
- Tsarukyan won by technical fall in the opening period after rapid scoring sequences at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida.
- He opened with a front headlock and back exposure, added two pushouts, then secured a takedown and a gut‑wrench to end it 10-0.
- The bout was Tsarukyan’s Real American Freestyle debut, despite not having prior international wrestling experience.
- Palmer, a four-time NCAA All-American and former WSOF and PFL champion, dropped to 0-2 in RAF since returning to wrestling.
- Tsarukyan has stayed active with grappling events and turned to RAF after being passed over for the interim UFC lightweight title fight at UFC 324.