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.
After the fallout at UFC 311, Dana White confirms that Arman Tsarukyan will not be next to fight Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title.
Arman Tsarukyan falling out of UFC 311 cost him a shot at the lightweight title and now he has to get back in line.
Dana White denies Arman Tsarukyan a title shot against Islam Makhachev, stating the rising contender won’t get his chance yet.
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.
UFC lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan has no issue with re-earning a title shot following Dana White's comments on Saturday.
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.
When asked who was next in line, Makhachev welcomed all challengers to the Octagon in L.A - though, it doesn't look to be #1 contender Arman Tsarukyan. "No," UFC CEO Dana White said, when asked if Tsarukyan gets rebooked for a title fight at the UFC 311 ...
Arman Tsarukyan gives honest reaction to Dana White potentially implying his injury wasn't serious enough to pull out of UFC 311: "I couldn't walk"
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.
Following UFC 311, Dana White has revealed that Arman Tsarukyan will not get the next lightweight title shot after his withdrawal from the main event.