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.
UFC CEO Dana White and UFC commentator Daniel Cormier have different opinions on what should be next for Arman Tsarukyan and Islam Makhachev after UFC 311.
UFC CEO Dana White says #1 contender Arman Tsarukyan will have to fight his way back to the title picture against Islam Makhachev.
After the fallout at UFC 311, Dana White confirms that Arman Tsarukyan will not be next to fight Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title.
The ride to UFC 311 had some last-minute bumps in the road when would-be lightweight title challenger Arman Tsarukyan suffered a back injury Friday that forced his withdrawal from a main-event rematch with champion Islam Makhachev, resulting in a Renato Moicano detour on a day's notice.
Arman Tsarukyan has recovered from his UFC 311 back injury and wants to fight Charles Oliveira in his Octagon return, prompting Michael Chandler to intervene.
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.
Dana White denies Arman Tsarukyan a title shot against Islam Makhachev, stating the rising contender won’t get his chance yet.
UFC lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan has no issue with re-earning a title shot following Dana White's comments on Saturday.
Dana White says Arman Tsarukyan has missed out on his chance at UFC gold following his UFC 311 removal due to an injury.
After Dana White dismissed Arman Tsarukyan as the next lightweight title challenger following his UFC 311 withdrawal, the Armenian agreed with a callout.
Javier Mendez says “no fighter should have to go through what that poor guy did” and hopes Arman Tsarukyan still gets his shot.