Tsarukyan is currently ranked No. 2 in the promotion's official lightweight rankings. The No. 1 spot is held by Islam Makhachev, who recently vacated the title and is expected to fight Jack Della Maddalena for the welterweight title soon.

However, ‘No Mercy’ Yan is seemingly uninspired by a potential fight against his fellow countryman, and has slammed Nurmagomedov’s rise in the UFC, touching on his family relations to Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev.

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Sharabutdin Magomedov broke his nose but returned to winning ways against Marc Andre Barriault. The Russian UFC star is completely blind in one eye after an injury worsened from a training camp

One top contender will try to rebound from the first loss of her MMA career when she meets another ex-title challenger at Noche UFC.