Overview
- Tsarukyan submitted Mehdi Baydulaev with a rear‑naked choke in the final seconds to win the ACBJJ 20 All‑Star title in Moscow.
- The match was briefly halted after Tsarukyan landed an illegal knee and received a yellow card following Baydulaev’s retaliatory kick before action resumed.
- He told reporters he will be prepared to step in on short notice for the UFC 324 interim lightweight main event between Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett.
- Yahoo Sports reports Tsarukyan is slated for another grappling bout on Dec. 30 against UFC middleweight Shara Magomedov under the Hype FC banner.
- Pimblett publicly criticized Tsarukyan as "lucky" not to have been cut, while Jorge Masvidal defended him and questioned how long he should be kept out of title contention.