Don’t start with nothing, you won’t stay with nothing. That’s the message from Arman Tsarukyan, who nearly got into a fight on his way to the cage at UFC 300.
On Saturday, Tsarukyan clinched a future lightweight title shot with a split decision win over Charles Oliveira at UFC 300. However, his performance probably wasn’t the biggest takeaway from this fight, as Sarkyan got into a brief altercation during the strike and threw a punch at a fan in the stands.
It was unclear at the time what prompted this reaction, but Tsarukyan detailed the incident in the post-match scrum, saying that a fan had called out to him and made an offensive gesture, and he retaliated.
“He gave me a ‘fuck you’ look, and he tried to hit me, and I wanted to hit him back,” Tsarukyan said. “That’s it. So guys, don’t let anyone show me ‘F*** you.’ I don’t care who you are, I’m going to punch you in the face. You can show me shit from 200 meters away, I’m not going to hit you. But when you’re near me, it automatically means I’m from Russia. Don’t do that or you’ll go to jail in America. ”
The United States has a poor history of athletes getting physical with fans in the stands, but this incident did not amount to a “malice in the palace,” and Tsarukyan returned to the cage after the incident. , there was no problem because they continued to fight.Still, UFC CEO Dana White spoke out on the issue. In his own UFC 300 scrum After the event, he admitted that the situation may not be completely resolved depending on the reaction of fans.
“You might not want to hang onto things or catch people walking off,” White said. “These guys are making such a fuss about everything. They’re probably going to get sued. We’ll deal with that on Monday as well.”
