Arman Tsarukyan has no regrets about pulling out of his UFC 311 main event championship fight against Islam Makhachev.

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.

During fight week, popular MMA interviewer Nina Daniele Marie – also known as Nina Drama – uploaded footage of her training with Tsarukyan on social media. Once it was revealed that Tsarukyan got injured ahead of UFC 311, a section of fans pointed to a small snippet of Nina’s video and incorrectly claimed that was how the Armenian fighter got hurt.

The UFC CEO says Saturday’s sold-out fights, which set a UFC gate record in California, ‘couldn’t have gone better’ in Inglewood’s new ‘incredible’ arena

Israel Adesanya envisions plenty of grappling exchanges in the UFC 311 headliner. Islam Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) defends his lightweight title in a rematch against Arman Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) in Saturday's main event (pay-per-view,

Arman Tsarukyan's nearly six-year journey to the UFC lightweight title will take a little longer. Tsarukyan suffered an injury two nights before challenging lightweight champion Islam Makhachev at UFC 311.

Arman Tsarukyan has been forced out of the main event at UFC 311, with Brazil's Renato Moicano stepping in to challenge Islam Makhachev on one day's notice.

Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) challenges lightweight champion Islam Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 311 (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+) main event at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.

Many years ago, Arman Tsarukyan had ice hockey dreams. Now, he’s days away from a UFC lightweight title fight at UFC 311 vs. Islam Makhachev.

An injured Arman Tsarukyan has been replaced in the main event of UFC 311, with Renato Moicano now challenging Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title – on one day’s notice.

UFC 311 continues with the UFC lightweight title fight between Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan. Check out our UFC odds series for our Makhachev-Tsarukyan prediction.

Post fight, UFC CEO Dana White said Tsarukyan will now have to go back to the drawing board after losing out on his title opportunity, but Cormier disagrees.