Arman Tsarukyan withdrew from his UFC 311 lightweight title fight against Islam Makhachev due to a back injury. Renato Moicano stepped in as a last-minute replacement, taking Tsarukyan’s place in the bout. Surprisingly, MMA fans unfairly blamed content creator Nina-Marie Daniele for the situation, resulting in a severe and unwarranted backlash against her.
Daniele recently made a post where she talked about getting death threats from MMA fans accusing him of ruining Tsarukyan’s opportunity. The viral creator also shared a clip from a recent interview where the Armenian strongly denied these accusations. According to the fighter, he has been doing the same warm-up routine for years and never got injured.
Nina-Marie Daniel is currently one of the most popular UFC content creators, with millions of views on every video. She often gets candid with fighters and brings a different and humorous side to them, which is liked by fans. However, it has also attracted a variety of hate from the MMA community, which she expressed in the post.
I had a couple death threats from mma fans after the news broke out that Arman Tsarukyan was injured.
Fans accusing me saying that he was injured during the filming of our fight vlog. My phone was blowing up all day. I didn’t even respond because it was so ridiculous but also… pic.twitter.com/5nWC4SPb3E— Nina-Marie Daniele (@ninamdrama) January 21, 2025
Arman Tsarukyan, on the other hand, in the interview, revealed that he initially took painkillers to fight the injury, but it didn’t work. He revealed that before he started his weight cut, his back got stuck, and he couldn’t move. It was a golden opportunity that the Armenian lost due to an unprecedented injury.
UFC top lightweight makes fun of Arman Tsarukyan for pulling out at UFC 311
Renato Moicano, who replaced Arman Tsarukyan, failed to put up a competitive fight and got tapped very early. With the win, Islam Makhachev became the greatest lightweight fighter of all time with five title wins. As for Tsarukyan, there is bad news that has cost him all the progress he made.
Arman Tsarukyan gets mocked by Dan Hooker (via X)UFC CEO Dana White has revealed that Tsarukyan is not the next title contender and will have to fight for the position again. Top fighter Dan Hooker also talked about the pullout and blasted the Armenian for his mistake. The Kiwi couldn’t believe how someone could miss such an opportunity.
How you get injured on your day off, I have no idea…It must be a pretty severe injury like your world title is your absolute everything, I don’t know how you would pass up on that opportunity…he’s gonna have to work his way back up to the belt. Daddy can’t buy you a backbone can he?
Dan Hooker via Submission Radio
Hooker is looking to fight one of the top fighters and will definitely be eyeing a shot against Tsarukyan. ‘Ahalkalakets’, on the other hand, has already called out Charles Oliveira for a five-round rematch. On top of it, he has also been called out by Michael Chandler for a potential matchup.
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