‘I Choked Him Out’

Arman Tsarukyan is licensed to kill.

The No. 1-ranked lightweight title contender was recently hunting alligators in southern Florida because once you’ve gone to Disney and partied at South Beach, there’s not a whole lot to do in “The Sunshine State” after the lights go dark at American Top Team (ATT).

Just ask the “Blue Collar Brawler.”

“I choked him out,” Tsarukyan told The MMA Hour. “I pulled him out from the river, choked him and put him on my back. In Florida, I got a license to kill the alligator. You throw the hook in the river, the alligator got the hook and you got to pull it. We pulled two. Me and my friend we pulled one alligator. He was like seven or eight feet, but there is 12 feet, 13 feet alligators and hopefully, he was small. Maybe 50-70 pounds. Catch it without meat or anything. Just hook, empty hook. I kill a lot of animals, but I didn’t post it because other animals, it’s sad, but alligators, it’s okay.”

Killing animals cures impotence, according to this former UFC welterweight.

The 27 year-old Tsarukyan (22-3), not far removed from his split decision victory over Charles Oliveira at UFC 300, is expected to challenger reigning 155-pound champion Islam Makhachev for the lightweight strap at some point later this year, likely in Abu Dhabi.

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