Arman Tsarukyan Denies Suffering Back Injury During Video Shoot With Nina Drama: ‘I Was Good’

Arman Tsarukyan, has put to bed rumors that he suffered a back injury during his viral warm-up routine ahead of filming a behind-the-scenes feature with content creator, Nina Drama — which forced him out of a UFC 311 headliner over the weekend.

Slated to headline UFC 311 over the weekend, surging Armenian contender, Tsarukyan was forced out of a title rematch with pound-for-pound number one, Islam Makhachev just a day before his rematch clash with the undisputed lightweight kingpin.

Dealing with back pain in the early hours of Friday morning, Tsarukyan withdrew from his pairing with the Russian — with surging lightweight challenger, Renato Moicano replacing him on just a day’s notice.

And successfully defending his lightweight championship, Makhachev made lightwork of Brasilia contender, Moicano, submitting the number ten ranked challenger with a dominant D’Arce choke before the four minute mark of the opening frame.

Denied a chance to compete for gold for the first time in his …