Valuetainment - April 28, 2026


“Armenia’s FIRST UFC Champion” - Arman Tsarukyan HUNTS Ilia Topuria For UFC Title

Hosted by
Patrick Bet-David
Mentioned
Armand John Armenia
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Length

7 minutes

Words per minute

144.67

Word count

1,015

Sentence count

38

Harmful content

Hate speech

5

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Summary

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In this episode, I had the chance to talk to one of the best Armenians in the UFC, Arlan Vasyunov. Arlan is a UFC fighter who has a lot of experience in the lightweight division and has been a part of the UFC for a long period of time. He has been with the organization for a few years now and is a legend in his own right. In this episode we talk about what it means to be an Armenian, what it's like being a Syrian-Armenian and what he's looking forward to in the future.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Armand question for you can you like what does it mean to be Armenian because to me I'm Armenian
00:00:04.880 and a Syrian but what does it mean to be Armenian for me yeah I'm proud to be Armenian
00:00:10.720 uh I'm proud to represent Armenian I want to be a first Armenian champion and
00:00:20.800 so in UFC we don't have like a contenders like a good fighter who is going to be a champion
00:00:26.800 very soon but
00:00:29.140 I'm going to sign young kids
00:00:33.120 and I see the potential so
00:00:35.120 big maybe because of me
00:00:37.240 because of like the sport is
00:00:39.300 growing up so fast
00:00:41.120 getting so popular
00:00:42.700 that's why a lot of kids
00:00:45.300 is training and now I have a couple
00:00:47.240 kids who was like 19
00:00:49.200 18 and they
00:00:50.960 if they're going to be in UFC they can
00:00:53.320 be a champion yeah. Back in Russia
00:00:56.160 Mostly in Russia, yeah.
00:00:57.680 Mostly in Russia because in Armenia it's not so popular,
00:01:00.560 but we got someone from there too.
00:01:03.500 And I want to bring the belt.
00:01:06.640 I want to represent Armenia and be a first champion
00:01:09.320 because Russia has already a lot of champions.
00:01:12.220 So, yeah.
00:01:13.660 But anyway, I'll belt first and then I'll bring to Armenia.
00:01:22.940 Oh, my God.
00:01:24.840 That would be a spectacle.
00:01:26.980 Armand John, let me tell you, you know, everybody I speak to in the Armenian side,
00:01:32.460 when they talk about you, you are beloved.
00:01:36.300 They love you.
00:01:37.200 Thank you.
00:01:37.660 Absolutely love you.
00:01:39.100 And you got, you know this already, so I don't need to tell you this.
00:01:42.260 They're rooting for you, and we can't wait for the day.
00:01:45.400 And I like Ilya.
00:01:46.900 I like Teporia.
00:01:48.540 You know, there's something very, because both of you guys,
00:01:51.400 what's going to make this exciting,
00:01:53.120 both people have a lot of pride from the country they're from.
00:01:57.180 He's got a very interesting dynamic.
00:01:59.000 It'll be interesting to see how much animosity there is
00:02:02.280 between Spain and Russia.
00:02:04.300 I don't know.
00:02:05.080 Spain, Russia, Armenia versus Georgia.
00:02:07.000 That's right.
00:02:07.420 I was born in Georgia.
00:02:09.580 My home, like, for example, when we go to Armenia,
00:02:13.600 we stay there one day and then drive back to Georgia
00:02:17.060 and stay there because our home in Georgia.
00:02:19.560 So we built a new house now in Georgia.
00:02:22.480 And all my family live there.
00:02:26.040 So even, like, we're close to Georgia.
00:02:32.540 So now, like, Armenia versus Georgia, but I live in Russia,
00:02:36.240 and he lives in Spain, and, like, they're going to know
00:02:39.520 who is the best fighter in the 155 division.
00:02:42.180 Because in Russia, yeah, I'm Armenian, but Russian people,
00:02:46.560 They support me so much, too.
00:02:51.480 They know I live there. 1.00
00:02:53.580 They know, like, I'm going to bring the belt in the Russian home, you know. 0.58
00:02:59.780 If it doesn't happen on the White House card, 0.87
00:03:04.380 and if your ideal place that you would want to fight Tupuya,
00:03:07.260 where would it be?
00:03:08.820 No matter when, no matter where.
00:03:11.020 Anytime, anywhere.
00:03:11.840 Anytime, anywhere.
00:03:13.380 I just need that belt.
00:03:14.560 even not Topuria, I don't care 0.81
00:03:16.720 I just need to be 0.99
00:03:19.940 first, get the belt
00:03:21.780 and then I'm gonna get
00:03:23.880 this hat, the big hat
00:03:25.660 big names
00:03:27.300 because right now
00:03:30.380 for me, it's number one
00:03:32.140 to be a UFC champion
00:03:33.440 and I know myself
00:03:35.620 I know my skills, I can beat them
00:03:37.280 it's not gonna be a big problem for me
00:03:39.940 yeah, this is good
00:03:41.420 side quest
00:03:42.120 the RAF
00:03:44.300 grappling like a media
00:03:45.880 but at the end of the day
00:03:47.680 if they ask me
00:03:49.300 what are you going to take
00:03:51.860 UFC belt or this whole thing
00:03:53.960 so I need just UFC belt
00:03:56.260 because I wake up
00:03:57.860 and I do this for UFC
00:03:59.940 title too, I'm not doing this because
00:04:02.160 like
00:04:03.680 I need that
00:04:05.200 because like make money from that
00:04:07.320 just that UFC gonna
00:04:09.860 gonna know
00:04:12.080 that it's big name because of this media i'm making my name bigger and my goal is ufc so
00:04:22.600 right now it's is that but then when i become a ufc champion i'm gonna go for the names and
00:04:29.140 make money because like you know my lifestyle lifestyle money yeah it's expensive and thank
00:04:37.940 got i got money and have you thought about starting a product are you working on a product because
00:04:43.500 no yet i don't want to uh think about like about business that gonna take my time so that's why
00:04:53.040 i'm just focusing only on my uh social media and on them on my trainings because when i'm done when
00:05:01.380 i'm gonna be like done with uc sport when i'm gonna be like 37 38 yeah i'm gonna do my
00:05:07.720 products or something but i think when i'm gonna be 37 i'm not gonna be need products and then
00:05:16.200 everything so i'm gonna have a bunch of money good investments and like family man so enjoy
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