Arman Tsarukyan didn’t take kindly to Dana White’s implication that he could have fought at UFC 311.
Hours before he was scheduled to step on the scale for his first UFC title opportunity, Tsarukyan bowed out of his lightweight headliner with Islam Makhachev citing a back injury. As a result, Renato Moicano was pulled from his main card slot against Beneil Dariush and thrust into the main event spotlight.
Following the event, White declared in no uncertain terms that Tsarukyan’s title fight against Makhachev would not be rebooked.