Arman Tsarukyan vs. Damir Ismagulov – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC Vegas 66: Cannonier vs. Strickland is scheduled to take place on Saturday, December 17, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Arman “Ahalkalakets” Tsarukyan will take on Damir “Qazaq” Ismagulov in the Lightweight Bout. You can view the full UFC Vegas 66 card.

In this post, we will break down Arman Tsarukyan vs. Damir Ismagulov matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 28-year-old, Arman Tsarukyan is coming in with a 18-3-0 record. Tsarukyan will be fighting for the first time since a loss via U-DEC against Mateusz Gamrot at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot in June.

Ismagulov, meanwhile, is coming off a S-DEC win against Guram Kutateladze on June 25, 2022 at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett and holds a 24-1-0 record.

Arman Tsarukyan has an orthodox fighting stance with a 72″ reach. The 33-year-old, Damir Ismagulov is an orthodox fighter with a 74″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Arman Tsarukyan:
→ Tsarukyan’s striking accuracy is 45%.
→ Tsarukyan lands 3.76 significant strikes per minute.
→ Tsarukyan’s takedown accuracy is 33%.
→ Tsarukyan’s takedown average is 2.71 per 15 minutes.
→ Tsarukyan’s takedown defense is 75%.

Tsarukyan comes in with 45% striking accuracy, typically landing about 3.76 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Ismagulov fires at 42% accuracy, landing about 4.05 significant strikes per minute. Arman Tsarukyan also has a 33% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 2.71 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Ismagulov’s 1.4 takedowns and 90% takedown accuracy.

Damir Ismagulov:
→ Ismagulov’s striking accuracy is 42%.
→ Ismagulov lands 4.05 significant strikes per minute.
→ Ismagulov’s takedown accuracy is 28%.
→ Ismagulov’s takedown average is 1.4 per 15 minutes.
→ Ismagulov’s takedown defense is 90%.

Damir spent on average 15:00 minutes in the Octagon and Arman has an average fight time of 13:27 minutes.

This looks like an exciting matchup, at least on paper. UFC Vegas 66 is live in , who do you think will win, Arman or Damir? Sound off in the comments.

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