Georgio Poullas withdraws from fight against Arman Tsarukyan

American wrestler and blogger Georgio Poullas has withdrawn from the grappling match against UFC lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan.

The bout was scheduled to take place on March 11 at the Hype Fighting Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Their first encounter happened on March 1 at the RAF06 tournament in the United States, where Arman won with a score of 5–3.

Poullas himself announced the cancellation in an interview with Ariel Helwani. According to the fighter, he made this decision at the request of RAF co-founder Chad Bronstein.

It was previously reported that the match format would be Submission Only, with a duration of 10 minutes.