Overview
- The Hype FC submission-only, no-judges match at the Karen Demirchyan Complex concluded as a draw after six minutes with no official winner.
- Tsarukyan pressed the action, scored takedowns, and delivered a late lift-and-slam that drew a loud reaction from the Armenian crowd.
- The outing was Tsarukyan’s fifth grappling appearance of 2025 following wins over Mehdi Baydulaev, Benson Henderson, Patricky Pitbull, and Makkasharip Zaynukov.
- After the match, Tsarukyan said a grapple with Islam Makhachev "won’t happen" because Makhachev "makes very big money" in the UFC that outside promoters cannot match.
- Magomedov’s coach, Gor Azizyan, portrayed the draw as a moral win for the Muay Thai specialist in Tsarukyan’s realm, a framing that has invited scrutiny of Tsarukyan’s title-readiness claims.