Arman Tsarukyan didn’t take kindly to Dana White’s implication that he may have fought at UFC 311.
Hours earlier than he was scheduled to step on the size for his first UFC title alternative, Tsarukyan bowed out of his light-weight headliner with Islam Makhachev citing a again harm. In consequence, Renato Moicano was pulled from his predominant card slot in opposition to Beneil Dariush and thrust into the principle occasion highlight.
Following the occasion, White declared in no unsure phrases that Tsarukyan’s title battle in opposition to Makhachev wouldn’t be rebooked. As a substitute, the Armenian must go “again to the drawing” board and climb his approach again up the contender’s ladder.
“He’s going again to the drafting board,” White stated on the post-fight press convention. “You miss alternatives typically, and he did. We’ll see how this performs out for him subsequent yr… He’s not getting the title shot, meaning he’s going to need to battle his approach again to the title.”
Whereas Tsarukyan appeared to agree together with his boss, suggesting a rematch with Charles Oliveira as his subsequent battle. However ‘Ahalkalakets’ additionally addressed White’s insinuation that he may have competed in Los Angeles.
“Perhaps a physician instructed him I may battle, I don’t know… I wished to be on this battle greater than anybody,” Tsarukyan stated on The Ariel Helwani Present. “Even when I misplaced however regarded good… I may have made good cash, however I couldn’t stroll.”
Arman Tsarukyan particulars devastating again harm
In that very same interview with Helwani, Tsarukyan provided some perception into the harm that took him out of UFC 311.
“Wednesday after coaching, I went to sleep, and I began to really feel my decrease again, and I couldn’t sleep all night time and thought one thing occurred,” Tsarukyan stated. “[I] took some painkiller, nevertheless it didn’t assist. The subsequent day, I believed it’s going to be good, and after [the] press convention, I’m going to start out my weight lower. And after I began my weight lower, I used to be doing [the] bike, and like, that second, my again was caught, and I couldn’t transfer.”
Tsarukyan is 8-1 beneath the UFC banner and is at present sitting on a four-fight win streak together with his most notable victories coming in opposition to Beneil Dariush and ‘Do Bronx.’
