Luffy stopped Arman Tsarukyan back-to-back elbows at 4:56 of the opening round at their turning point
Ultimate Fighting Championship slight collision. Volkanovski was in Luffy’s corner at UFC 331 and his reaction to the finish has gone viral.
Alexander Volkanovski was in Mauricio Ruffy’s corner when Arman Tsarukyan landed fight-ending elbows at UFC 331
Luffy switched gyms after losing Benoit St Denis leaving the Brazilian gym last year
Fighting nerds to train under Volkanovski in Australia. Cameras caught the featherweight champion’s reaction from Luffy’s corner as Tsarukyan delivered the fight-ending elbows. Volkanovski and former UFC lightweight Brad Riddell were clearly shocked by the result.
Luffy’s stripped down defense looked solid against Tsarukyan in the first round, pointing to an obvious improvement in his defensive wrestling since switching gyms.
This marked Luffy’s second loss in the UFC, damaging his championship streak. Meanwhile, Volkanovski will look to retain his featherweight title if he takes on the undefeated
Movsar Evloev at
UFC 333 October in Abu Dhabi.
💔 Volk was heartbroken to see Luffy lose via KO pic.twitter.com/yd1qDfXhFR
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20 September 2026