UFC Fight Night on April 29 Gains Arman Tsarukyan-Renato ‘Moicano’ Main Event

The Ultimate Fighting Championship now officially has a headliner on the books for every event until late May.

Last week, Instagram account MMA Meta first posted that Arman Tsarukyan (19-3) and Renato Carneiro (17-5-1) would toe the line atop the UFC Fight Night event on April 29. The show is expected to be held in the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. On Thursday, the lightweight main attraction was confirmed by other outlets.

In December, Tsarukyan rebounded from a decision loss to Mateusz Gamrot by outpointing Damir Ismagulov. Prior to the Gamrot defeat in mid-2022, Tsarukyan strung together five straight wins in the Octagon, with notable performances over names like Joel Alvarez, Matt Frevola and Olivier Aubin-Mercier. The Russian debuted with the promotion on short notice, and dropped a hard-fought decision to current champ Islam Makhachev.

“Moicano” also bounced from a 2022 setback by beating a tough opponent towards the end of last year. In the opening round of the UFC 281 prelim headliner, Carneiro throttled Brad Riddell with a rear-naked choke. Each of the last five wins for the Brazilian have come by rear-naked choke, and his six submissions of this type on the UFC roster are tied for the third-most with Charles Oliveira. On the other hand, the 33-year-old American Top Team product has never performed a knockout, technical or otherwise.

The UFC Fight Night card on April 29 will take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, and its bout order is not currently official. Other fights likely to gain main card slots include a middleweight clash between Caio Borralho and Michal Oleksiejczuk, a strawweight tilt pitting Emily Ducote against Polyana Viana and a heavyweight slugfest between Martin Buday and Jake Collier.