Armenian Sports News Podcast · Andre Khatchaturian

Katlyn Chookagian Breaks Down UFC 324, Talks About UFC Comeback And Discusses Armenian Heritage

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Kaitlyn Sermonera-Chukagin sits down with Andre Kachaturian on the ASN Podcast as a longtime UFC veteran and new mother. The opening stays relaxed and direct. Andre asks how motherhood is going, and she says it is good and super exciting. She repeats the advice every new parent hears: enjoy it, because it goes by fast. Chookagian jokes that everyone says the same thing for a reason, then looks back six months and realizes how much her life has shifted. She says becoming a parent makes her feel like a totally new person, and the conversation settles into that change in perspective. From there, the interview moves into Armenian identity and family history. Chookagian says she grew up aware of how tight-knit Armenians are, even if she was not always around that world every day. Her grandfather becomes the center of that memory. He came over from Armenia to Philadelphia and later moved to the suburbs outside Philadelphia. She remembers him in his early 90s during the Ronda Rousey era, watching UFC on television and urging her to train with Rousey's coach because he knew the coach was the best. The moment lands as both funny and affectionate, and it shows how naturally sport and family pride were already connected in her life. Once she entered the UFC, she says the community support became impossible to miss. After her first fight, her Instagram was flooded with Armenian flags, which made that connection feel real right away. She says it was exciting to see how strongly people rallied behind her, and later mentions living in New York and finding that crew there too. The episode is a warm portrait of a fighter whose story is shaped by motherhood, family, and community.

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A warm UFC interview about motherhood, Armenian roots, and the community that rallied after her first fight.

The episode settles into a candid fighter interview shaped by motherhood and Armenian family ties. She speaks plainly about how quickly life changes after having a baby, then moves into a vivid account of her Armenian grandfather, the support that followed her first UFC fight,…

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