The lightweight division has always been full of drama and rivalries. Fighters trash talk constantly, trying to secure bigger paydays and marquee matchups. But sometimes the shots fired go beyond typical promotion and cross into genuinely personal territory.<\/p>
Arman Tsarukyan fires back at Ilia Topuria after the champion’s recent verbal assault. The tension between these two has been building for months. Now it’s reached a boiling point with Tsarukyan questioning whether Topuria’s family issues are even real.<\/p>
Ilia Topuria attended a WOW FC event in Madrid earlier this month. As a stakeholder in the promotion, he linked up with Eldoberdan MMA<\/strong> for an interview. What followed was basically a scorched earth campaign against multiple fighters in his division.Topuria declared himself superior to everyone in the lightweight rankings. He specifically named Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan as fighters who posed no threat to him whatsoever. That alone would’ve been enough to generate headlines. But ‘El Matador’ wasn’t finished yet.<\/p>