LOS ANGELES – Arman Tsarukyan let the cat out of the bag this week when, in an interview on the “Pound for Pound” podcast, he teased a “secret approach” forward of his light-weight title battle with Islam Makhachev.
Now individuals can’t cease asking him about it.
That continued Wednesday throughout UFC 311 media day, however Tsarukyan continued to play issues near the vest.
“Everyone asking, ‘Inform me your secret approach.’ How can I let you know?” Tsarukyan stated. “OK, excessive kick is what I’m saying to everyone. I don’t know, I shouldn’t say that secret approach. Everyone is asking the identical query: ‘What’s the secret approach?’ It doesn’t make sense to ask that query. It’s a excessive kick, guys.”
After all, it’s impossible that the key approach is simply your on a regular basis excessive kick. No matter it’s, although, Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) guarantees it’ll be new to battle followers.
“The approach, I’ve by no means seen within the UFC – within the highlights, as properly,” Tsarukyan stated. “That approach, you’re gonna say, ‘Oh wow, what’s that?’ … It’s gonna work if I throw it.”
With the concept of a secret approach out within the open, it stands to purpose that the transfer is a part of Tsarukyan’s sport plan, which is a spotlight heading into the largest battle of his profession.
Throughout his 2019 unanimous determination loss to Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC), Tsarukyan admits he obtained away from his sport plan. He guarantees to be smarter and hearken to his nook this time round.
“Generally I imagine in myself an excessive amount of,” Tsarukyan stated. “When somebody say don’t try this, I wish to try this. I don’t know why. Even at dwelling, if somebody inform me to do one thing, I simply wish to do the other. This time, to get the belt, I’ve obtained to hearken to my nook very properly. I’ve a sport plan, and I’ve to maintain listening.”
UFC 311 (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. The cardboard is headlined by the rematch between Makhachev and Tsarukyan.
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