DANA WHITE reckons the UFC could be on the receiving end of a lawsuit after Arman Tsarukyan’s UFC 300 antics.
The lightweight standout sensationally PUNCHED a fan as he made his way to the octagon to face Charles Oliveira on last weekend’s historic main card.
GettyArman Tsarukyan locked horns with Charles Oliveira at UFC 300 last weekend[/caption]
UFCThe Armenian punched a fan as he made his way to the octagon[/caption]
REUTRERSUFC president Dana White expects a lawsuit to be coming the promotion’s way[/caption]
Tsaukyan stunned the watching world by hurling a right hand at the MMA fan after embracing several of the other paying punters.
UFC commentators Jon Anik and Daniel Cormier were baffled by what they saw, with the latter saying: “It’s crazy to see him do that.
“You want to be so locked in.
“That has to be something that matters to Arman, what happened to him on the way to the Octagon.”
White was similarly taken aback by Tsarukyan’s pre-fight punch, which he admits could result in legal proceedings being launched against the promotion.
He said: “Yeah, you might not wanna hang over the thing and grab people as they are walking out.
“These guys are all f***ing hyped up and whatever.
“We are probably going to get sued, we’ll deal with that on Monday too.”
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Tsarukyan defended his actions shortly after his decision win over Oliveira, which has put him on course to fight the winner of champion Islam Makhachev’s June joust with Dustin Poirier.
The Armenian-born Russian said: “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.”
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