Overview
- ACBJJ held a pre-fight face-off and scheduled a live press conference on YouTube on Sept. 18 featuring Arman Tsarukyan and Benson Henderson.
- Tsarukyan enters as the UFC’s No. 2 lightweight and tuned up with May wins in grappling over Patricky “Pitbull” Freire by submission and Makkasharip Zaynukov by decision.
- Henderson, 41, has not competed in MMA since a 2023 Bellator loss to Usman Nurmagomedov and later dropped a no-gi match to Neiman Gracie that year.
- The super-fight tops the ACBJJ 18 card at Moscow’s Dynamo Volleyball Arena, which also lists matchups including Khasan Magomedsharipov vs. Kabdrakhmanov Nurbek and Babuli Tsoloev vs. Ali Bagov, with the Russian Open to follow in Krasnogorsk.
- Tsarukyan is rumored to return for a UFC event in Doha later this year, a plan that has not been confirmed.