Beneil Dariush and Arman Tsaruykan find themselves in pursuit of the same brass ring.
Something will have to give when the two high-caliber Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweights collide in the main event this Saturday at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. Neither man wants to take a step back at 155 pounds, where Islam Makhachev leads the pack by what feels like a considerable margin.
Dariush, 34, enters the cage with wins in eight of his past nine outings. The Kings MMA rep last competed at UFC 289, where he succumbed to punches from Charles Oliveira in the first round of their de facto title eliminator on June 10.