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Video: UFC’s Arman Tsarukyan kicked off plane headed for RAF 08 because …

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Always something with “Ahalkalakets. ” No. 2-ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight contender and almost title challenger Arman Tsarukyan is scheduled to compete against MMA legend Urijah Faber at RAF 08 this weekend (Sat.

, April 18, 2026) inside Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. That is… If he can actually get there. According to journalist Adam Zubayraev, […]

Always something with “Ahalkalakets. ” No. 2-ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight contender and almost title challenger Arman Tsarukyan is scheduled to compete against MMA legend Urijah Faber at RAF 08 this weekend (Sat.

, April 18, 2026) inside Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. That is… If he can actually get there. According to journalist Adam Zubayraev , Tsarukyan was removed from an American Airlines flight bound for Philadelphia after an incident during takeoff.

Zubayraev shared footage of Tsarukyan being escorted off the plane, along with an explanation of what led to the situation. “Simply because someone on the team was on their phone while the plane was taking off. And the second person opened up a table,” Zubayraev said.