13:18  ,  January 24, 2021

UFC 257: Arman Tsarukyan celebrates victory with Armenian tricolor national flag (PHOTO)

Lightweight boxer Arman Tsarukyan won the UFC 257 mixed martial arts championship held at UFC Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.

The Russia-based Armenian boxer faced off against American boxer Matt Frevola and won the three rounds upon the anonymous decision of the referees (30-27, 30-27 and 30-26) and stood in the ring with the Armenian tricolor national flag after the duel.

Arman Tsarukyan scored his 16th victory and has been defeated twice throughout his boxing career.

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