Final · 13 Apr 2024

Tsarukyan def. Oliveira

Decision (split) · Round 3 · 5:00

Tsarukyan vs Oliveira · UFC 300

Tsarukyan (22-3-0) vs Oliveira (34-10-0)

3 rounds
UFC 300
UFC 300 • 13 Apr 2024
Las Vegas, Nevada

What happened

Arman Tsarukyan edged Charles Oliveira in a razor-thin lightweight fight, surviving a tight first-round guillotine and answering the Brazilian's submission danger with sustained wrestling and top control. Oliveira threatened again late, but Tsarukyan's damage between the scrambles carried a split decision and a ticket to the title picture.

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Records & career stats — as they entered fight night
Tsarukyan vs Oliveira
Tsarukyan Oliveira
  1. OutputSig. strikes landed / min 3.85 3.39
  2. Striking def.Striking defense 55% 51%
  3. DurabilitySig. strikes absorbed / min 1.80 3.19
  4. Takedown def.Takedown defense 75% 55%
  5. FinishingFinish rate 65% 84%
22-3-0
Record
34-10-0
5-0 last 5
Recent formRecent formWin–loss record over the fighter’s last five bouts, newest first, as carried in their UFC/FightMetric career stats.
3-2 last 5
29
Age
36
1.70 m
Height — Oliveira leads
1.78 m
184 cm
Reach — Oliveira leads
188 cm
Orthodox
StanceStanceWhich side a fighter leads from — a striking term, not a religious one. Orthodox: right-handed, left foot and hand forward (the common default). Southpaw: the mirror image, right side forward (usually a left-hander). Switch: changes between the two during a fight.
Orthodox
65%
Finish rateFinish % — Oliveira leadsFinish rateThe share of a fighter’s wins that ended inside the distance — by KO/TKO or submission — rather than going to the judges’ scorecards. Higher means more finishes.
84%
9
Wins by KO/TKOKO/TKO wins — Oliveira leads
10
6
Wins by submissionSub wins — Oliveira leads
22
3.85
Sig. strikes landed / minStrikes / min — Tsarukyan leadsSignificant strikes landed per minuteAverage number of significant strikes a fighter lands for every minute of fight time — a read on striking output and pace. From UFC/FightMetric career stats.
3.39
1.80
Sig. strikes absorbed / minAbsorbed / min — Tsarukyan leadsSignificant strikes absorbed per minuteAverage number of significant strikes a fighter takes for every minute of fight time. Lower is better — it means they get hit less often. From UFC/FightMetric career stats.
3.19
55%
Striking defenseStrike def. — Tsarukyan leadsStriking defenseThe percentage of opponents’ significant strikes that do not land — strikes slipped, blocked or evaded. Higher is better. Not the same as striking accuracy, which counts your own strikes that land. From UFC/FightMetric.
51%
75%
Takedown defenseTD def. — Tsarukyan leadsTakedown defenseThe percentage of opponents’ takedown attempts that are stuffed. Higher means harder to put on the mat. From UFC/FightMetric.
55%
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Avg. fight timeAvg. timeAverage fight timeThe mean length of the fighter’s bouts (minutes:seconds) — a rough read on whether they tend to finish early or go the distance. From UFC/FightMetric.
8:52
Armenia
Nationality
Brazil
American Top Team · Coconut Creek
Team
Chute Boxe Diego Lima · Sao Paulo

Career stats per UFC.com; recent form is each fighter's last five bouts. Numbers reflect records coming into fight night. Bars compare each stat on a fixed scale; the “Edge” marker flags the leading corner where the gap is meaningful. The snapshot plots five career rates — output, striking defense, durability (strikes absorbed, inverted), takedown defense and finish rate — each normalised on its own scale.

Pre-fight analysis — how we saw it going in

Case for Tsarukyan

Tsarukyan's route was pace, chain wrestling and the willingness to keep making Oliveira defend. Over three rounds he could win the geography of the fight by forcing scrambles, denying easy resets and banking top control without needing a finish.

Case for Oliveira

Oliveira remained the more dangerous finisher in every sudden transition. Even when he gives ground he can turn a takedown or clinch exchange into a guillotine, triangle or back-take, and his length on the feet still makes every entry a risk.

What We Were Watching For

  • Whether Tsarukyan can wrestle without gifting Oliveira a neck or arm in the scramble.
  • How often Oliveira can make Tsarukyan respect the submission threat before the top-control minutes add up.
  • The second-half rounds: a three-round fight rewards urgency, so whichever man dictates the pace after round one likely takes the cards.

Fighters

Arman Tsarukyan
22-3-0 · Lightweight · Akhalkalakets
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Charles Oliveira
34-10-0 · Lightweight · Do Bronx
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