UFC lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan will rematch amateur wrestler and social media influencer Georgio Poullas in a submission-only grappling rematch as part of the upcoming Hype Brazil fight card on Sat., March 11, 2026 at Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Tsarukyan defeated Poullas at last weekendâs Real American Freestyle event in Tempe, Ariz., in a wrestling match that ended with a bench-clearing brawl.
âArman is clearly a hothead who needs to calm down and take a step back and focus on what he needs to focus on,â retired UFC welterweight, Matt Brown, told MMA Fighting. âOne of the things that he probably doesnât realize from not having wrestling experience is those slaps and stuff are common place. But the way that Arman handled it, and the way he waited until the bell rang and waited until Georgio was on his back and kind of defenseless, that was a bad look. I donât like it one bit from Arman.â
Arman was denied a UFC title shot for losing his cool and head-butting Dan Hooker ahead of UFC Qatar.
âItâs poor behavior, poor decision making,â Brown added. âHe needs some coaches or some therapy or something on his team. He needs somebody to settle him down, because if Dana uses this against him, heâs got to regret that. Heâs got to look at himself in the mirror and be like âwhat the f*ck did I do?â Youâve got to get your priorities straight. His entire focus in his life should be to get the UFC title. Get the title fight. He canât even get the title fight because of the issues he created. The wrestling match, it didnât even matter. Whatâs the point here? What are you doing? Youâre literally just setting yourself up for failure now. It just doesnât make any sense.â
The Hype Brazil card on March 11 will also feature the grappling match between Shara Bullet and Jorge Masvidal.
Sport wrestling cannot be successfully commodified because it always descends into scripted drama.
Itâs what sells.
Brazilians will probably let the teams BANG