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Ilia Topuria and Arman Tsarukyan Trade Barbs After Backstage Run-In at UFC Qatar

After Tsarukyan defeated Hooker and called out Topuria, he and Topuria clashed online over a brief backstage encounter. Topuria tweeted that Arman “froze up like a scared duck” and claimed he once slapped him. Tsarukyan fired back, saying it was just a neck tap “like a family photo,” and promised, “If you want a real slap, I’ll educate you soon.”