Arman Tsarukyan shares details of a Justin Gaethje fight that was rejected by the UFC, shedding light on what happened behind the scenes.

Former undisputed lightweight champion, Charles Oliveira appears to be chomping at the bit to make an imminent return to action, urging UFC boss, Dana White

Justin Gaethje claims he would rather fight Arman Tsarukyan or Charles Oliveira at UFC 313 than a rematch with Rafael Fiziev.

Lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan says he agreed to fight Justin Gaethje on short notice, but it didn't come to fruition because the UFC wasn't able to grant him his request of a catchweight bout.

Surging lightweight contender, Arman Tsarukyan has claimed he was open to a catchweight fight with Justin Gaethje in a bid to save the UFC 313 co-main event

Although no fight has been announced for Arman Tsarukyan yet, he has expressed a desire for a rematch with Charles Oliveira in order to earn a title shot. Tsarukyan previously defeated Oliveira by split decision in a title eliminator bout at UFC 300 in April 2024. Since then, Oliveira has bounced back with a victory over Chandler.

Arman Tsarukyan claims he didn't turn down a fight against Justin Gaethje at UFC 313. Here's why they won't be fighting.

As for Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway, Gaethje has fought the both of them, 1-1 with "The Diamond" on KO's in their uncompleted series. Gaethje got his hand raised in the rematch at UFC 291, by way of headkick. The soon-to-retire Poirier dismissed Gaethje's claims he was among the handful of fighters to reject him.