{"id":678556,"date":"2026-05-18T12:07:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/678556\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T12:07:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:07:46","slug":"jake-paul-supports-arman-tsarukyan-after-latest-near-brawl-at-mvp-mma-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/678556\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul supports Arman Tsarukyan after latest near-brawl at MVP MMA 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While Arman Tsarukyan was not competing this weekend, he still managed to steal the spotlight for a moment during Saturday\u2019s big <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ronda-rousey-gina-carano-netflix-latest-news-odds-results-mma\/444681\/rousey-vs-carano-the-morning-after-mvp-cant-challenge-ufc-dominance-with-spectacle-and-mismatches-alone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MVP MMA event<\/a> on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano triple header event also featured a fight between David Mgoyan and Albert Morales, with the Tsarukyan-supported Mgoyan winning via unanimous decision. So the Armenian fighter was on hand in the Intuit Dome when Namo Fazil tapped Jake Babian in the second round and called \u201cAhalkalakets\u201d out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">How did Tsarukyan handle the challenge? In standard Tsarukyan fashion: by nearly starting a brawl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Video showed Tsarukyan trying to jump the fencing to get at Fazil cageside. The camera then cuts to backstage as MVP COO head Nakisa Bidarian attempts to stop Tsarukyan and a sizeable entourage from starting something.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Most promoters wouldn\u2019t be happy with a fighter from another promotion <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/427721\/dana-white-still-not-thrilled-with-smokey-arman-tsarukyan-where-theres-smoke-theres-fire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">starting crap in the back,<\/a> but MVP head Jake Paul made a point to support Tsarukyan in his silliness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI wish that scrap would\u2019ve happened backstage,\u201d Paul said after. \u201cThere is two sides to me. There is the business side, and then there is the fighter side. I was right there with Arman, trying to get the squabble to happen. And then Nakisa [Bidarian] stopped us, so I\u2019ve gotta listen to big brother here. I was like, \u2018Yo! Let\u2019s run it. Let\u2019s run it!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For complete \u2018Rousey vs. Carano\u2019 fight card results, coverage, and highlights click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ronda-rousey-gina-carano-netflix-latest-news-odds-results-mma\/443204\/ronda-rousey-vs-gina-carano-live-streaming-results-video-highlights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Arman Tsarukyan was not competing this weekend, he still managed to steal the spotlight for a moment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,250320,85],"class_list":["post-678556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-ronda-rousey-vs-gina-carano-netflix-news-hub","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}