The UFC Vegas 57 important occasion between Mateusz Gamrot and Arman Tsarukyan was an entertaining and technical battle that rightfully earned the $50,000 battle of the evening bonus. Whereas judges handed the win to Gamrot with equivalent 48-47×3 scorecards, most followers agree there actually wasn’t a loser on this bout (watch the highlights here).
Properly … some argue that Gamrot ought to have misplaced, and Tsarukyan deserved the win.
Arman Tsarukyan actually believes he did sufficient to earn the victory. Early Sunday morning he took to Instagram to ship a message: “I didn’t lose this battle, solely upwards from right here!”
There’s no approach to name this a theft — the battle was simply too shut. Each fighters fought onerous for all 5 rounds and that is one other case the place it’s an actual disgrace one man goes dwelling with half his paycheck. The bonus verify will hopefully be a salve on that wound for Tsarukyan. That and the variety of followers he picked up off that gutsy efficiency within the later rounds in opposition to Gamrot.
The UFC light-weight division continues to be one of many deepest within the promotion. Tsarukyan got here into UFC Vegas 57 at #11 and Mateusz Gamrot at #12. With what we noticed from each of them on Saturday, each may very well be within the prime 5 in one other yr or so.
Khabib Nurmagomedov actually thinks so. In the course of the post-fight press convention, Gamrot relayed the dialog he had with ‘The Eagle’ following his win.
“He stated to me, ‘Congratulations in your battle. You’re a good man. For positive, sooner or later you’ll meet with Islam in a battle,’” Gamrot stated. “So I hold my fingers crossed for Islam, I believe Islam beats Charles Oliveira subsequent battle, and I need a subsequent battle with Justin [Gaethje] and subsequent combating with Islam. Easy plan.”
After all, ask some other fighter within the light-weight division how simple it’s to lock up a title shot and so they’ll let you know it’s a struggle of attrition and take a look at of endurance. It’s going to actually be a pleasure watching Gamrot and Tsarukyan proceed to climb by way of the division.
