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UFC CEO Dana White has reacted to the viral incident involving one of his fighters.
On Saturday night, UFC fighter Arman Tsarukyan punched a fan during his walkout minutes before his fight against Charles Oliveira.
ARMAN TRYING TO FIGHT THE DAMN AUDIENCE 💀 #Ufc300 pic.twitter.com/GTB9XiNhb1
— The Fight Space (Abbey Wagoner) (@TheFightSpace1) April 14, 2024
According to Tsarukyan, the fan was flipping him off, which was enough for him to punch him.
Via MMA Fighting
“He showed me ‘F– you’ and he wanted to punch me and I wanted to punch him back,” . “That’s it. So guys, no one show me ‘F— you.’ It doesn’t matter who you are, I’m going to punch you in the face. You can show me ‘f—’ from like 200 meters, I’m not going to punch you. But when you’re close to me, it’s, like automatically, I’m from Russia. Don’t do that, please, or I’m going to go to prison in U.S.”
White was asked about the incident during his post-fight press conference and gave his honest reaction to the incident.
“You might not want to hang over the things and grab people when they’re walking out,” “These guys are all f—- hyped up whatever. I’m sure we’re probably going to get sued. We’ll deal with that on Monday too.”