UFC lightweight Arman Tsarukyan appeared to punch a rival fan during a walkout at UFC 300, and the UFC president predicted the company would be sued in the future.
While the Armenian fighters showed a great performance; split decision victory What caught the attention of fans and reporters during his match against the highly ranked Charles Oliveira was his interaction with the fans before the match.
Tsarukyan made a brief two-second stop on his way to the Octagon for historic UFC 300 in Las Vegas, Nevada. During that stop, the 155-pound fighter threw a punch into the crowd, confusing other attendees who raised their hands to declare their innocence as the situation unfolded.
The exchange was so quick that it went unnoticed by the UFC’s commentary team.
“He gave me a ‘fuck you’ look, he tried to hit me, and I wanted to hit him back,” Tsarukyan said. told reporters After the battle.
A closer look at the footage of the incident shows a fan dressed in black appears to be giving Tsarukyan the middle finger, and Tsarukyan attempts to grab the fan before throwing a punch, which may have hit the spectator in the arm. . Las Vegas Metro Police were then seen quickly intervene as Tsarukyan continued to walk out.
“That’s all,” Tsarukyan continued. “So guys, don’t let anyone give me a ‘f**k you’ look. Whoever you are, I’m going to punch you in the face, you give me a ‘f**k’ from like 200 meters.” You can show me, I’m not going to hit you, but if you come near. For me, it automatically means, I’m from Russia, please, don’t do that or I’m going to jail in the United States, ”the fighter added.
UFC president Dana White graciously fielded questions about the incident from fans during his celebratory press conference, opting to wait until next Monday to make sense of the ordeal.
“Yeah, you might not want to hang onto things and catch people walking out,” White told reporters. “These guys are all messed up with pipes or something. I’m sure we’ll probably get sued. We’ll deal with that on Monday as well,” he added.
Neither Tsarukyan nor White had any further comment on the incident as of Monday morning, the day after UFC 300. The fighter simply stated that he would like to face the winner of the 155-pound title fight on June 1, 2024.
“I’m fighting a winner,” he wrote X.
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