Arman Tsarukyan kept his RAF run perfect, but Mugzy still gave him one real problem before the UFC lightweight contender shut the match down.
Tsarukyan defeated Mugzy, real name Keelon Jimison, by 16-5 technical fall in Period 1 at RAF 9 on May 30, 2026, at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. The match opened the main card before Gable Steveson vs. Alexandr Romanov, lasted under three minutes, and pushed Tsarukyan to 5-0 in RAF.
Watch the finish below:
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Tsarukyan scored first with a pushout, then added a takedown and turn to jump ahead 5-0. Mugzy answered with the wildest moment of the match, hitting a four-point throw that cut the score to 5-4 and briefly made the favorite look human.
Tsarukyan Turns A Brief Scare Into Another RAF Win
After the reset, Tsarukyan went right back to the position that broke the match open. A brief chippy moment followed another pushout when the two came together high, but it never became anything bigger. Tsarukyan then finished a single-leg takedown, locked up the legs, and rolled through consecutive turns until the score reached 16-5. With a 10-point gap on the board, the match ended by technical fall.
Tsarukyan gave Mugzy credit afterward, then aimed straight at Colby Covington, who was booked for the RAF 9 co-main event against Chris Weidman.
“I feel great,” Tsarukyan said after the win. “I knew I’m going to win. I’ve got to give a little bit to these guys. Shout out to Mugzy. Thank you for coming.”
“We’ve got tonight Colby Covington, I hope he’s going to win and I’m going to whoop his ass. I’m going to show who is the best MMA wrestler on the mats.”
The wrestling success tracks with Tsarukyan’s combat sports background. Wikipedia and UFC records list him as a Master of Sport in freestyle wrestling and Master of Sport in MMA. His MMA record stands at 23-3, and he has been ranked near the top of the UFC lightweight division after wins over Charles Oliveira, Beneil Dariush, Damir Ismagulov, Joel Alvarez, and Olivier Aubin-Mercier.
Mugzy came in as an RAF personality and wrestler rather than a UFC-ranked killer, but he did make Tsarukyan deal with a clean four-point throw. Tsarukyan solved it fast. RAF has been using him as one of its main MMA crossover faces, and another quick tech fall keeps that lane open.
If Covington wins his own match, RAF already has the next piece sitting there. Tsarukyan and Covington have traded fire around RAF before, and Tsarukyan left Arlington with a direct challenge instead of a vague name-drop.
