“Wanted to Break His Finger”: Arman Tsarukyan Details Altercation With Fan Who Flipped Him During UFC 300 Walkout

Allan Binoy | 16/04/2024
“Wanted to Break His Finger”: Arman Tsarukyan Details Altercation With Fan Who Flipped Him During UFC 300 Walkout

Arman Tsarukyan revealed why he swung at a fan during UFC 300. The Armenian fighter was making his walk out ahead of his fight against Charles Oliveira. Suddenly, during the walkout, he stopped, swung at a fan, then continued walking towards the octagon with a grin on his face. The video went viral on social media with fans wondering what provoked the UFC fighter. Tsarukyan has now revealed what caused his reaction.

Arman Tsarukyan put up an impressive performance against Charles Oliveira. He beat the former champ at his own game with a lot of ground and pound. However, the biggest highlight of the night was not his win, but his altercation with a fan. In an interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour on YouTube, he revealed what happened. Tsarukyan said,

“I don’t know how I saw that guy that’s crazy like…This time the f*ck was like here you know, like on my head. And I wanted to like grab his hand and break his finger.”

Arman Tsarukyan pointed out that he only did the action of a punch but didn’t actually land a punch on the fan. He did it to scare him and the fan did end up getting scared. Tsarukyan also mentioned that he wanted to break the fan’s fingers for showing obscene gestures. As the interview went on, the Armenian fighter discussed why he turned down a title fight.

Arman Tsarukyan on why he declined a title fight against Islam Makhachev

Immediately after UFC 300, Dana White offered Arman Tsarukyan a title shot against Islam Makhachev for UFC 302 in June. However, Tsarukyan did not accept the offer. In the post-fight press conference, White then revealed that Makhachev would be fighting Dustin Poirier. Justifying his decision, Tsarukyan stated,

“I want to be ready and I want to have a full training camp. Why if I’m the No. 1 contender, why I gotta take the risk?”

Arman Tsarukyan revealed that 7 weeks was short notice for a title fight. The Armenian had fought Islam Makhachev before, early on in his career, and lost to him. This time around, he will look to prepare well and have a full training camp to take on the champion, probably later this year.

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Allan Binoy

Allan Binoy is a MMA journalist at The SportsRush. Taken to the sport in 2015, thanks to a certain Conor McGregor, Allan has himself dabbled in the martial arts. And having graduated from Loyola College, Chennai, with a degree in English Literature, he has learnt to use his love for language to have a voice in the MMA community. Allan has been writing about the gladiatorial stories for more than three years now and has pursued excellence at a number of reputable media organizations, covering every UFC PPV in the last couple of years. In addition to this, the southpaw is also a semi-professional soccer player for Diego Juniors FC in Pune, playing in the Pune Super Division League.

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