The Ultimate Fighting Championship is back with us tonight, June 17, 2023, for UFC on ESPN 47, coming down live from UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada.
The event is headlined by a middleweight encounter between a pair of former title challengers at no. Ranked 3 Marvin Vettori (19-6-1) and no. Fourth in the standings is Jared Cannonier (16-6).
The co-headlining of the event was a lightweight match between Armenia no. Eighth place is Arman Tsarukyan (20-3) and Brazilian Joaquim Silva (12-4). Tsarukyan entered the bout after defeating Damir Ismagulov (UD) last December, while Silva most recently defeated Jesse Ronson (TKO) in October.
Keep reading to see how our light main event of the evening went down:
Official result: defeated Arman Tsarukyan. Joaquim Silva via TKO (punches) at 3:25 of the third round
Tsarukyan dominates the entire first round with his grappling, earning an early takedown and staying in front for over four minutes which he spent guarding Silva, as well as on his back.
Tsarukyan looks good in the second as well, beating Silva on both feet with steady pace and kickboxing.
Silva caught Tsarukyan with a nasty left hook but with about two minutes left in the middle, bobbing him badly. It looked as if we were about to have a massive upset, but Tsarykuan ended up securing a double leg takedown immediately afterwards and saved himself, staying on top until the bell sounded.
Tsarukyan defeated Silva again in the third and final round, this time going to work and knocking Silva out of first place. After a long period of assault, the referee had to stop the action.
Arman Tsarukyan goes through the third round to reach the finish #UFCVegas75 pic.twitter.com/cbqQWM4VKS
SpinninBackfist June 18, 2023
Arman Tsarukyan is still only 26 years old, and it’s hard to imagine how cool he is at 30.
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