In just a little more than a month, the UFC will enter its historic 7.7 billion dollar Paramount+ CBS era. With the deal set to take effect in January, Dana White still hasn’t announced or even hinted at what will be their first event under the new broadcasting banner. Maybe the UFC head honcho has a surprise lined up, but it seems Arman Tsarukyan may have solved that problem.

In the UFC Qatar main event, the Armenian showed no signs of ring rust as he submitted Dan Hooker via arm-triangle choke in round 2 after stepping into the Octagon for the first time in over a year. And following that standout victory, ‘Akhalkalakets’ wasted no time calling out the reigning lightweight champion, who was also present inside the Ali Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah Arena. Tsarukyan made it clear in his Octagon interview that he’s not afraid to make a quick turnaround at the end of January to fight for the title.

This is a developing story…