Arman Tsarukyan is making a habit out of knocking off fighters with UFC experience and he added another one to the list on Wednesday.
The Armenian-born lightweight picked up his fifth career win by knockout, clobbering Felipe Olivieri with an expertly-timed head kick at an S-70 event in Sochi, Russia, on Wednesday.
Olivieri (15-6) looked to stand and bang with Tsarukyan (13-1) in the third round, but he whiffed on a left hook just as Tsarukyan threw the fight-ending kick. The strike left Olivieri flat on his back, out cold.
This was Tsarukyan’s 12th consecutive win.