Arman Tsarukyan put a stamp on his performance at UFC on ESPN 46.
The co-main event lightweight bout at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas was a mostly one-sided affair for Tsarukyan (20-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC), aside from a scare in the second round presented by Joaquim Silva. When it was all said and done, Tsarukyan had his hand raised as the winner by TKO at 3:25 of Round 3.
The first round was all Tsarukyan behind a smothering grappling approach. He was able to completely shut down anything Silva (12-4 MMA, 5-4 UFC) presented, cruising into the second round. But that’s where things would get dicey for a moment.