Tensions are unusually high heading into UFC Austin tonight, as lightweights Bobby Green and Arman Tsarukyan got into it in the hotel lobby. Tsarukyan is schedueld to fight number four ranked Beneil Dariush while Green will face Jailin Turner in the co-main event. Despite not being on a collision coarse that didn’t stop them from getting into it at the fighter hotel.
The bad blood seems to stem from an earlier altercation between Green and Tsarukyans team a few days earlier. Supposedly Green was accosted by several members of Tsarukyans team. Later, Tsarukyan grabbed Green by the throat.
In a recent happening at the official fighter hotel in Austin, Texas Green and his team approached Tsaruyan and his team leading to a violent altercation between the two camps.
Check out video from the brawl between team Bobby Green and team Arman Tsarukyan below!
Despite the unfortunate lead up to tonight’s event UFC Austin has a stacked card of fights including top-notch lightweight collisions as well as the bantamweight debut of former flyweight champion Deiveson Figureido.
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Main card
- Lightweight bout: Beneil Dariush vs. Arman Tsarukyan
- Lightweight bout: Jalin Turner vs. Bobby Green
- Bantamweight bout: Rob Font vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
- Welterweight bout: Sean Brady vs. Kelvin Gastelum
- Lightweight bout: Clay Guida vs. Joaquim Silva
- Middleweight bout: Punahele Soriano vs. Dustin Stoltzfus
Preliminary card
- Women’s Bantamweight bout: Miesha Tate vs. Julia Avila
- Middleweight bout: Zach Reese vs. Cody Brundage
- Lightweight bout: Drakkar Klose vs. Joe Solecki
- Featherweight bout: Steve Garcia vs. Melquizael Costa
- Light Heavyweight bout: Rodolfo Bellato vs. Ihor Potieria
- Welterweight bout: Wellington Turman vs. Jared Gooden
- Women’s Flyweight bout: Veronica Hardy vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth
