“Iron sharpens iron”: Fan reacts as Arman Tsarukyan trains with Jorge Masvidal ahead of Mauricio Ruffy fight

Arman Tsarukyan is finally set for the next UFC challenge. He will lock horns with Mauricio Ruffy in the co-main event at UFC 331 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on September 19. 

Ahead of the highly anticipated bout, Tsarukyan trains with former BMF title holder Jorge Masvidal. That ignited waves of reaction from the MMA community. 

Fans react Arman Tsarukyan sharpens striking skills with Jorge Masvidal

Tsarukyan took to Instagram to share pictures of himself training with Masvidal. They can be seen working on their striking. This post quickly went viral and sparked reactions from the fans. 
 
One fan highlighted and praised Tsarukyan's recent Instagram content, writing, “Armans content more interesting than 50% of Instagram “

Another predicted a lightweight title for the Armenian and wrote, “Next lightweight champ and BMF”

One MMA enthusiast highlighted Masvidal's previous comments on Ilia Topuria vs Tsarukyan's potential fight, commenting, “Masvidal say ilia defeat Arman.”

Others were more interested in how the striking session went between the two fighters, asking, “Did you beat him up on striking?”

Another fan praised Tsarukyan's preparation and suggested he is ready to destroy his opponents, adding, “Getting prepared to erase the top UFC fighters .”

One fan already predicted that Tsarukyan will get past Ruffy and potentially fight Justin Gaethje for the lightweight title. He wrote, “He will destroy Ruffy and fight against Gaethje after this because they will probably book Topuria vs Pimblett in november,”

Another fan summed up the training partnership with a simple message, commenting, “Iron sharpens iron”

Check out Arman Tsarukyan’s training pictures with Jorge Masvidal below: 

Tsarukyan could benefit from training with Masvidal. As the former BMF champion has some high-level striking, that's exactly what the Armenian's next opponent, Ruffy, will bring inside the octagon at UFC 331. 

Many think Ruffy’s striking prowess could put Tsarukyan in danger, and Michael Bisping thinks the same, warning the Armenian about the Brazilian’s dangerous game plan. 

Michael Bisping warns Arman Tsarukyan not to make the same mistake as Michael Chandler

In an episode of Jaxxon Podcast, Bisping pointed to Ruffy's dominant performance against Michael Chandler at UFC Freedom 250 as evidence of what can happen if Tsarukyan allows the Brazilian to dictate the fight on the feet.

"He (Arman Tsarukyan) can't do what Michael Chandler did. And what happened? Ruffy picked him (Michael Chandler) apart the whole time; punished him, caught him in the knees, caught him and just obliterated him; made it look easy. Because Chandler didn't play to his strengths,” Bisping said.

Bisping believes Tsarukyan needs to respect Ruffy's striking while trusting his own hands before transitioning to his biggest weapon: wrestling. The former champion urged the Armenian to follow a similar approach to the one Mackenzie Dern used against Gillian Robertson at UFC 330, using strikes to set up his takedowns rather than immediately relying solely on his grappling.

"Arman's got to be humble enough to say, right, okay, listen, all fights start on the feet. You gotta throw some shots. Just like you saw with Mackenzie Dern, punching into the takedown. He's got to do that. He's gotta believe in his hands. But he's gotta know for sure he's gotta use his wrestling in the fight," Bisping added.

Check out Michael Bisping’s comments below: