Tsarukyan hast lost his opportunity to rematch champion Islam Makhachev following his late-notice withdrawal from the main event of UFC 311 at Intuit Dome. The news was revealed by UFC CEO Dana White on Saturday night at the post-fight press conference.
Days removed from the aftermath of UFC 311 on Saturday, Tsarukyan relives the painful back injury that forced him out of the fight, spasms limiting his movement prior to the official weigh-ins on Friday morning.
Arman Tsarukyan has received words of support from UFC champion Islam Makhachev's coach Javier Mendez following his withdrawal from UFC 311.
UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev's coach wants the Arman Tsarukyan fight rescheduled. Tsarukyan pulled out of his title fight against Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) just one day before UFC 311 due to a back injury.
Following his recent withdrawal from the UFC 311 title fight, Arman Tsarukyan has described exactly what he went through during the 20-hour ordeal.
Arman Tsarukyan was forced out of his UFC 311 title fight against Islam Makhachev due to a back injury, and Josh Barnett has a theory.
During fight week, popular MMA interviewer Nina Daniele Marie – also known as Nina Drama – uploaded footage of her training with Tsarukyan on social media. Once it was revealed that Tsarukyan got injured ahead of UFC 311, a section of fans pointed to a small snippet of Nina’s video and incorrectly claimed that was how the Armenian fighter got hurt.
UFC's first pay-per-view event of 2025 was supposed to feature a hotly anticipated lightweight title rematch between champion Islam Makhachev and Tsarukyan. With a win, Tsarukyan would've avenged a unanimous decision loss to Makhachev he suffered in his UFC debut six years prior. However, because of an untimely lower back strain, it never happened.
Many years ago, Arman Tsarukyan had ice hockey dreams. Now, he’s days away from a UFC lightweight title fight at UFC 311 vs. Islam Makhachev.
New Zealand lightweight Dan Hooker didn't mince his words when he gave his opinion on Arman Tsarukyan's withdrawal from his UFC 311 bout with Islam Makhachev.
Despite Arman Tsarukyan pulling out of UFC 311, Daniel Cormier still believes the rising lightweight deserves a fight with Islam Makhachev.
Arman Tsarukyan thinks he can drag Islam Makhachev into deep waters at UFC 311. Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) challenges lightweight champion Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) in Saturday’s main event (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+) at Intuit Dome.