Arman Tsarukyan is no stranger to chaos in the fight world.
The top-ranked lightweight contender often finds himself at the centre of it all, though this time, it was not his doing.
He was just a spectator as things unfolded during a Hype Fighting Championship press event on Tuesday.
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Tsarukyan is scheduled to meet Muhammad Mokaev in a Hype FC grappling bout on Wednesday.
The event, taking place at the Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will also feature Jean Silva vs Bryce Mitchell 2 as the co-main event.
Carlos Prates was present to support his Fighting Nerds teammate when things turned chaotic during a pre-event press conference.
The welterweight contender ducked out of the way when a water bottle flew past him and quickly moved to safety.
From a safe distance, Prates laughed as undercard fighters Lev Sarkisyan and Joilton Lutterbach began trading blows.
Tsarukyan appeared less amused by the situation and made an effort to intervene, but eventually left the scene himself when another fighter jumped onto his table and threw a kick towards someone nearby.
'Ahalkalakets' was taken off the UFC's pound-for-pound list on Tuesday.
The timing of the move raised some eyebrows, coming just two days after Dana White had spoken publicly about his dissatisfaction with Tsarukyan.
"I'm not thrilled with Arman right now," White said after UFC 326. "There's a lot of different reasons, it's not just the stuff you see publicly."
The vacated spot went to Charles Oliveira, who moved into the top 15 following his BMF title win over Max Holloway at UFC 326.
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