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Arman Tsarukyan Reveals Why He Pulled Out Of His Lightweight Title Fight In January 2025

Tsarukyan publicly revealed that he had a hernia that forced him out of his title fight against Islam Makhachev. He said, “We’ll see… I gotta do surgery.” “It was painful… my back was stuck,” adding that he wasn't able to move for three weeks. The #1-ranked contender was snubbed of title fights twice because he pulled out of this fight.