Beneil Dariush Opens Up On Arman Tsarukyan Loss: "I Just Wanna Know If I Still got It"
In the aftermath of UFC Austin and Beneil Dariush vs. Arman Tsarukyan, Beneil Dariush speaks to Submission Radio about his loss to Arman Tsarukyan, his process for moving on and figuring out what went wrong, and more.
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0:00 Intro
0:47 Looking back on the fight
1:53 How this differs from the Charles loss
3:48 Everything heading into this fight
4:18 Figuring out if he's still got it
6:02 Not wanting to fight lesser competition
7:16 Support from the fans
7:55 His coach's advice
10:21 His motivation for fighting now
11:25 What he'll do after fighting
12:47 His health now
13:39 What surprised him about Arman Tsarukyan
14:28 Messages from our friends
16:42 The division now
20:06 His return plan
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*Find Bars & Pubs Showing UFC Near You* bit.ly/3TeZeS8 www.manscaped.com/ *20% OFF DISCOUNT CODE: SUBMISSION* 0:00 Intro 0:47 Looking back on the fight 1:53 How this differs from the Charles loss 3:48 Everything heading into this fight 4:18 Figuring out if he's still got it 6:02 Not wanting to fight lesser competition 7:16 Support from the fans 7:55 His coach's advice 10:21 His motivation for fighting now 11:25 What he'll do after fighting 12:47 His health now 13:39 What surprised him about Arman Tsarukyan 14:28 Messages from our friends 16:42 The division now 20:06 His return plan
Takes a real man to be this open and cool after a tough loss. Benny D is a real one 💯
Oh he real for sure
He is a fighter. But his time is up. Tony Ferguson time is up. Anthony Smith time is up. If they continue fighting something terrible could happen. Fighters are younger and more skilled and stronger.
benny sure does take a lot of naps in the octagon these days...
@@buttface9434usually happens when you fight the best of the best
2 losses.
Huge props to Beneil for coming on this show after another early loss. I think Beneil's status now is being a benchmark to fight the top 3 in the division. If you beat Beneil, you are ready
Exactly. He’s still got it. It’s just that the talent is so friggin deep in lightweight
What's his best win? Tony?
Beneil never had it. A great Family man but this is MMA. His best win was against Tony. He decisioned Gamrot who has 0 offense. I felt bad watching him lose to Arman. He was entirely way too slow and weak. Arman isn't the fastest guy.
@@JOHN-zl5kwand in charles fight he looked like he moved in slow mo, he is good, but the top 5 lightweights are too good
Nah beneil ain't that good
The Submission guys are the best interviewers. They're able to ask even challenging questions while still making the fighter feel comfortable. They don't use clickbait, nor do they bait fighters to say contraversial things (like Ariel always does)
I've got a lot of love for Beneil. what a great guy.
Beneil Dariush is a real one!! Seems like a great dude and definitely a great fighter. Sometimes life just doesn't go your way for no reason.
LOL he has never been a great fighter. He is just decent, a bit below average. He, dustin, chandler should retire to give a regeneration to LW division
sometimes guys are just better I really respect and like dariush hes just a notch below the title contending guys
Luis, it's God that decides the victor of every fight, according to Proverbs 16:33.
god gave him a glass chin lol
Good on Beneil, and this highlights how insanely mentally strong Tony is to keep going after all his losses in a row
Exactly. And he doesn’t do this type of stuff. He keeps it all in. What a gangster
@@alexgonzalez8954keeping it all in doesnt make you any tougher
its a combo of mental strength or delusions
Or how badly he needs the money lol
@@lukebfilms4232 sort of makes him reckless
Beneil even mentioning Benoit Saint-Denis is badass. Always speaks honestly and always wants the toughest opponents. All respect 🙌
It's probably too early to match make for him but a winnable rebound fight is Dan Hooker... both of their timelines to come back are similar as well... I wouldn't match em up against Fiziev or BSD tbh, they're both explosive & can put his lights out early, last thing Benny needs is a 3rd straight KO loss.
No bro, thats foollish.
The worrisome part is that he keeps talking about the knee but it didn't even land, it was pretty clear on the video, I hope he realizes that for his own benefit
This is the type of interview i always look forward to. You can learn so much watching these guys resolve their losses and how they go about it
Benny is a great example of a martial artist. Always honest and a great human being.
We love you Beneil!
Scripture says "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." You are a light in the midst of darkness, Beneil!
Come on Benny. Arman just happened to pull off an amazing combo in a very unusual way. You win some, you lose some. We still love you and can't wait to see you fight again. Happy Holidays!
Beneil is a great guy.
We love you Benny✝️
We love you Benny, it doesnt matter Hope you are doing good
Living legend, one of my favourite fighters and sportsmen of all time. Thanks for the podcast, Denis, Kacper, and Beneil. 🙏♥️
Poatan is better
Why ? Give me one reason 😂😂
As someone who has also greyed prematurely, this loss has been particularly difficult to stomach.
Embrace the grey my man. Mines been really kicking in over last few years and cannot wait for it to flourish!
the shorties are still reeling from the Volkanovski knockout.
@@bendover7841 ok. Hahaha. You referring men to shorties ey. Say no more. Are you are they/them/unicorn human. Don't want to upset you and messages can be taken out of context. All love to.... (whatever you identify as) But all aside, I hope you as a heart to blood pumping sentient being is ok. ✌🏼❤️
@@phoenix1473 not everybody is American brah. Slang is different everywhere. We call em birds not shorties. Sorry if you're a manlet. I meant no offense. All love brother.
@@bendover7841 yo! Sorry if I made that weird that's definitely on me. I misunderstood the context, which online messaging can cause but no excuses, I was more offensive (now reading back) than I actually meant. Appreciate your response. ✌🏼❤️🙏🏻
By far my favorite fighter. Puts God first. 🙏♥️👍
Props to Submission Radio for sticking with their fighters after a loss and trying to lift them up. Such genuine fellas, can see why fighters do these kind of interviews with them. Beneil just needs to take an opponent that is a tier below and build back.
Dariush is good against fighters who aren't very explosive and pure grapplers, that's why he was able to dominate Gamrot. His weakness has always been explosive strikers, which was shown when he got knocked out by Alexander. He can still win though if given the right fights.
True
Yeah , but every single guy above him in the top of the lw Div are exactly the kind of bad matchups for him you mentioned. Dustin , gaethje, chandler, Charles, islam, these are all guys who have solid tdd , even if in terms of pure bjj and on the actual ground Benny has them beat, and these are all fast twitch, explosive fighters with one shot knockout power. Gaethje and chandler in particular , even if they have negative fight iq between them both combined at times. Dustin is I’d say probably less explosive and lethal then Charles or gaethje or chandler but Dustin also has 5 round cardio, a solid durable chin, has never lost two in a row despite being a top contender for a long time now, and there isn’t a single fighter in this division who can stand and bang with Dustin and come out on top without sleeping him cold or out grappling the guy, and Benny throws single shots with a lot of wind up and leaves his chin exposed. I don’t think Benny is washed or done and I’m not pretending two losses means he’s suddenly done for, I just think that gamrot win at the end of his good streak was his peak, and that now he will at best be a gatekeeper to the top 10 which is not bad either and there are guys up and coming who I do think he beats
As Khabib said "take him down make him tired". There is no reason for Beneil to strike with these young killers in the 1st round. He has always struggled with speed and everybody has figured this out now and will try to exploit this weakness. Beneil and his coaches need to address this in his training.
@@Hlbkomer I agree. Maybe Dariush can go for a style that's more similar to Almeida's, even if it's very boring
@@worldview6218 Yep. The lightweight division is just filled with explosive guys, and it gets worse as you move down weight divisions. Maybe Dariush could consider moving up? Idk.
I love that Beneil is smiling after win but also after defeat. He knows how to live in this world
Perfect interview and a real one in the fight game.
Merry Christmas fellas. Great interview. Beneil will be fine. Just needs time off
Love the respect and positivity that the submission radio guys always show the fighters. And the promo cuts as always are top notch
Always a banger interview when Benny is on Love the content boys yall do some of the best fighter interviews
Don’t take it too hard. Arman trained that combo specifically for your reaction and timing. They saw an opportunity and went for it.
Beneil, I still admire you the same Bro. Don't lose your optimism, family and God are your true treasures. You do your best when fighting, nothing else matter.
Thanks for the video, SUBMISSION RADIO
I can't believe I'm saying this after how you did my boy tony.. but I was absolutely devastated for real deal beniel.. but also pissed off we didnt get to see a dariush fight into the later rounds. Was thoroughly disappointed Arman starched you so fast. Waited 4 hours just to watch dariush beheaded within what seemed like 4 whole seconds into the first round
Real Deal Beneil is surreal.
somehow I feel like you weren't truly devastated LMAO
This is valuable content man, Dariush is so honest and open its really interesting
benny the real fans ..were here for you bro ..mad love and respect always ...things go off course but youll be ok hang in there
@SubmissionRadio you guys are great thank you for always interviewing beniel and beniel for coming on the show he’s a legend of this sport a idol for other champions god bless you azizza
These guys asked every question you should ask a guy like beneil in the position hes in. REALLY GOOD JOB BOYS.
Wow. Respect to Benny... I don't know if we've ever heard a fighter talk so openly about a loss like this. Respect, I hope he comes back strong.
You are a real man! Respect from Armenia
Beneil would need 10 more wins at lightweight to get title shot just go up to welterweight his chin is suffering from the weight cut at his age.
Wish Benny well in his recovery. Hope he takes his time and returns healthy 🙏
Beneil struggles with explosive Strikers. Barboza, Charles, Arman, Alexander Hernandez
Only love and respect for this dude ❣️
Benny, always the class act, and great business advice from the boys 😂
I hate it when this kind of thing happens to active fighters willing to fight everyone but its the unfortunate part. If he would have sat out and waited for a title shot, he would have gotten it 100%
God bless you brother Beneil. 🙏🏻❤ It's time to rest and spent time with your family
Big clown the Guy
Nearly fight week. Waiting for the Covington interview boys🇺🇸💪
Easily and by far my favorite fighter ever. Love this guy.
Poor Benny, he should've played the game better and advocated more for himself in his career.
His scummy agent ruined his career and title hopes. He never gave a dam about Benny, Islam, kaboob & all the Russian kickback money he receives gets his full attention.. Then justin. Henry Gilbert Belal the racist The crybaby light heavyweight daggy Brendon Allan Vincente Ect ect ect Then" oh hey Benny I know your on a 8 fight winning streak ranked #4 but unfortunately my other client, you know the #12 ranked islam, you know kaboobs shadow is gana completely jump the entire division, yourself included and fight for the title. But you can take this dangerous fight vs Charles & if they doesn't work out maybe an even more dangerous fight vs Arman.. While islam fights 4 foot 6 featherweights instead of actual ranked lightweight contenders.. Sound great? Cool, don't forget to send me 20% of everything you make! Chow benny"
@user-kf7ov2fi4h oh, didn't realize it was Ali’s idea for Beneil to preach about Marxism and Jesus after his most notable wins instead of calling for a title shot.
I love beneil man, it sucks that happened to him, fights are crazy. I don’t think he needs to hang it up yet, he just fought 2 extremely elite fighters and got caught. I think he can still be a good fighter, he’ll never be champion probably but he still has interesting matchups. All respect to him. 🎉
Sometimes you gotta just take it for what it is, and that's another oppertunity to learn. Beneil looked real good early but man you can only have your two hands and legs in certain places at a time, you can only block so many things and that knee just managed to throw Beneil off and followed by a perfect and fast right hook. Sometimes you just gotta give props and move on because that creativity could've caught anyone.
Very true. But what a shame the fight didn't go longer.
He looks slower than usual
Always much respect for Benny. With exception in this last fight, Always root for his success. Great human.
Benny is amazing just pure Gold
Soo much respect ):
Thank you benny you get alot of hate idk why your a super cool person hope you get back better
Love you Beneil❤
The next Tony Ferguson. ALSO never got the title shot.
much love to the man
A genuinely good human being. No bullshit, just straight talk.
Work on that stand up brother ground game is solid. Would’ve loved to see how armen would’ve tested you there
feel for him , great guy great fighter.
Respect to Beneil Darius for signing up as a true martial artist to take on a challenge with another fighter that other so called fighters were ducking
Benny the real deal! Calling out for Staint-Denis humbly. You are a true legend of the sport Beneil. Rooting for you the whole way!
What a good dude! You have to root for Beneil and absolute savage in the cage. I hope he has more in the tank love his fights!!
Not trying to be mean but I never thought Beneil was a top 5 guy and his recent fights have proven this. His win streak was against unranked and lower ranked guys. This is why I say win streaks alone shouldn't grant title shots. Beating top guys means more. Been watching since the late 90's and it's proven to be the case countless times. Either way, nice guy. Hope the best for him.
I’ve been watching since Denver 93, tool
@@bobzacamano658 No, you haven't. You're just trying to be a one upper. Which proves you're the "tool" Take the L, doofus. 😋 Bet you've only watched since the Conor era. Nice try. If I'm wrong, talk about what I said with Dariush's padded wins and dissect WHY they are so. Go ahead... and don't vote up your own comment like last time. 🤣🤦♂
Gamrot fight was good test tho
That manscape add was cold 😂
Benny will be I'm Hall of Fame,Keep pushin Big big fan
6:55 " I mean to be a champion, is to face number one contenders right. So I would rather live like a champion, even if I don't have the belt." 19:50 " If I win a fight, I would prefer the toughest fight I could get" These quotes are worthy of being displayed on UFC wall.
Such a good dude. Hope he comes back well in any case. As far as fighting is concerned I would agree that Benoit St. Denis (the s is silent) would be a great match-up to find out where he's at.
we all love benny. hopefully he can make another run at it
Facts...
What beast. Wants benoit saint denis. What a warrior at heart
Wish I could have talked to him. Remind him that it happens sometimes even when everything was done right. Look at dustin when he fought justin,he looked shredded he said it was the best camp easiest weight cut of his life and he looked like he was fast and improved and look what happened. He never even got a chance to get in the fight and show anything instead got head kicked into the shadow realm! It's all about the state of mind in this situation, if there's a chance to come bk which is definitely possible your head needs todeal with what happened and learn from it also take comfort in knowing u won't b finished in the same way again if u really learn how u got hurt and why aswell as what u could and should have done differently to avoid being open for that strike.
Benny take it easy mate, go fight Bobby or Dan in a get well soon fight for both sides, after brutal KOs with u & Bobby or after injury & reinjury for Dan. Leave the hungry lions alone for a while, let them tear each other apart & get some miles like all y'all who've paid your dues. Now it's their turn.
he should fight a grappler
I wish him the best. One might argue, consecutive ko loses in the first round is telling you that you dont have it anymore. But stay safe out there brother.
Beneil the real deal dariush. Humble is defeat and victory, true champion spirit
🙏🙏
Beneil is such a good human. Glad that it seems like he will bow out gracefully when the time does come and not be another tony ferguson situation.
I think he’s fine. Charles and Arman back to back + he beat gamrot
Beneil is the best. Hope this doesn't drag him down too bad
Beniel vs Fizev would be a good fight for both next
I think he showed up, he put in some great leg work until being Masvidalised.
Such a cool humble guy
Respect Beneil's mentality. He wants to test himself against the best. A true fighters mindset.
The clown boy the Guy
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☹️. So sad bruh his chins gone
Wow. To get into the topn3 gota go thei Beniel. Big Respect for Dariush! God fearing, family loving man. Real one!! To be soo open n tell the worl,aboit thise serious things youre going thru, really says alot. Youre at peace, with yourself, the world and GOD! God Bless ya
Dariush was always a slow starter then gets better, and Oliveira is a fast starter. That was a bad match-up, and again Arman set up a good combo in first round due to Dariush's slow pace in 1st round. Gamrot couldn't do that because he tried to wrestle with Dariush, even though he probably won a close round, he gas out in 2nd and 3rd rounds and Dariush controlled the fight with his better cardio.
Beneil doing the most to figure out what it is... it's your chin and striking offense/defense
Can’t even imagine going on an 8 fight win streak in talks for the title then having what happened to him. I feel like fighters after the Charles fight really saw his flaws in striking and reaction time sadly.
cool
and also, who he lost to these last two. insanely good guys.
But he did get wrecked by both
Beneil has always been weak against quick strikers. He has been ko’d plenty of times. Other than that he is an excellent mind for the sport. World class grappling. Great core strength and base for lw. Odd. My favorite fighter in the game. I have faith he can still beat top level fighters.
Benoît Saint Denis Vs Beneil next would be a great fight 😌
I really like and respect Dariush. Hes a fantastic fighter too I just think hes a level below the truly great title caliber type fighters. No shame in that
I like Benny but deep inside I feel he knows his time is over and someones needs to tell him the reality that all fighters will face eventually..!!! His fighting it and does not want to face reality and is almost becoming to be the same story...
You got soooo close Benny. No shame in that. Still top of the food chain Could always be champ in bellator/pfl
Beneil is a great dude. He has 100% commendable great world views (speaking out against marxism!!) he loves his family. You can tell he has a great wife and a great relationship with his wife. And his entire philosophy on fighting in the UFC is more respectable than these vain placeholders who don't want to fight. I don't think he's done but I also believe the belt is out of the conversation. He can still beat many guys, but I'm not sure how the UFC is going to treat him for his next few fights - it may get worse depending on their matchups.
It takes a smart fighter to retire in a timely fashion
Beneil is one of my favorite fighters! But two losses in a row puts things in perspective!🤔 I hope Dariush doesn't act like Tony and keeps fighting no matter what 😫 I agree 👍 he can try one last time maybe, but after that if he loses again he has to retire!!!!!!
No Benny , NOT BSD !!! 🙏🙏🙏
you can’t be a priest and an mma fighter at the same time.
"I rather live like a champion even if I don't have the belt"- Beneil Dariush Put that up on the wall, Dana White.