UFC lightweight, Arman Tsarukyan had an amazing night at UFC Austin. He solidified his spot as a strong contender for the Lightweight Championship. However, before his actual match, he got into a scuffle with fellow fighter Bobby Green in the fighters’ hotel. Recently, Tsarukyan joined The MMA Hour and talked about the brawl and the late stoppage during Bobby’s fight.
Tsarukyan started the discussion by giving more details about the altercation he had with Bobby Green. He claimed that he would’ve fought him if it weren’t for UFC security. Furthermore, things got crazier when Ariel Helwani asked him about the late stoppage by the referee during Jalin Turner vs. Bobby Green.
In the co-main event of UFC Austin, Jalin Turner pulled off a huge upset by knocking Bobby Green out cold. However, the referee allowed Bobby to absorb a lot of unnecessary shots before stopping the fight. While most of the MMA community was concerned for Green, Arman was having the time of his life.
“No, the referee (should) let them punch more, he should stop maybe five more minutes,” said Arman. Furthermore, he claimed that he was happy to see Bobby Green go down like that. “When I went to the cage I was so happy and my friend asked me why you were laughing because you know, I’m happy like Bobby Green fell asleep,” said Tsarukyan. ‘King’ Green has yet to respond to these comments made by the lightweight prospect.
Dan Hooker reacts to Arman Tsarukyan’s statement about Bobby Green
While Arman Tsarukyan was happy about the late stoppage of Bobby Green, a UFC veteran, Dan Hooker found his comments very disrespectful. Furthermore, Hooker was the original opponent for Bobby Green at UFC Austin but had to withdraw because of a gruesome injury.
However, as soon as Hooker saw the disrespectful statement made by Arman about Bobby, he confronted the young fighter via X. While resharing the clip from the MMA Hour, Hooker wrote “Weasel pi** douche bag,” in the caption of the post. It looks like Dan was not very happy with a young prospect disrespecting a veteran in such a serious situation.
Weasel piss douche bag. 🖕 https://t.co/84OQoHrTlj
— Dan Hangman Hooker (@danthehangman) December 5, 2023
Before this tweet, when Dan Hooker made his recent appearance on Ariel Helwani’s show, he fired some shots at Arman Tsarukyan for his arrogant attitude. While Dan and Ariel discussed his potential opponent, Tsarukyan’s name came up. “I don’t like the guy, I think he’s an idiot, I think he’s annoying,” said ‘The Hangman’. However, he acknowledged that Arman is a very talented fighter.
Furthermore, Dan explained why he finds the young fighter so annoying. “He has always talked sh*t of me in the past, he’s just disrespectful to guys that have been doing it for a long time,” said the UFC veteran. It will be interesting to see if Arman responds to the confrontational tweet from Hooker.