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New footage has emerged following a confrontation between UFC Austin headliners Bobby Green and Arman Tsarukyan.

Though they won’t be stepping inside the Octagon with one another on Saturday night, that didn’t stop Tsarukyan from attempting to kickstart a scrap in the middle of a hotel lobby after taking exception to some disparaging remarks Bobby Green made about his fighting style.

Green initially revealed his side of the story via Instagram and, as it turns out, he was by no means embellishing. On Friday, Tsarukyan released his footage from the confrontation, which shows him briefly grabbing Green’s throat.

In the video, Tsarukyan approaches a seated Bobby Green and says, “You’re talking sh*t about me.” Green repeats Tsarukyan’s words, then tells Tsarukyan to “get your people out of my face.”

“We can do one on one,” Tsarukyan says, to which Green replies, “We can do whatever you want to do.”

After a few more moments of the two fighters jawing at one another, Green appears to shove Tsarukyan’s shoulder. Tsarukyan responds by grabbing Green’s neck before being quickly separated. Tsarukyan and his team then head to the elevators but return to confront Green again when they hear that ‘King’ is still hanging around the lobby.

Bobby Green can be heard repeatedly shouting, “You started it” (h/t MMA Fighting).

The stage has been set for their potential showdown inside the Octagon, but first, each man will have to get past their respective opponents in The Lone Star State. Green will step into the UFC Austin co-main event for a clash with short-notice replacement Jalin Turner after his original opponent, Dan Hooker, withdrew from the bout after sustaining an arm injury while training.

Tsarukyan will look to continue his climb up the lightweight ladder in a main event matchup pitting him against perennial contender Beneil Dariush.

‘King’ Bobby Green and Arman Tsurukyan are scheduled to face separate opponents at UFC Austin, but that didn’t stop the two lightweight standouts from trying to kickstart an impromptu scrap ahead of fight night.

Green was reportedly in a hotel lobby by himself, finishing up some media obligations when Tsarukyan and his team approached him with ill intentions.

“Sh*t just getting started,” Green said via an Instagram story. “Sh*t’s just getting started, n*gga. Little b*tch ass n*gga right there. I’mma get you right there. Y’all ran up on me, n*gga. Y’all ran up on me, what’s up?!

“I ain’t be starting nothing with nobody, but if you start that sh*t with me, I’m definitely gonna finish it,” he continued. “This sh*t just starting. It’s just starting. N*gga might go to jail tonight. F*ck around playing with me.”

Bobby Green Slams Arman Tsarukyan’s Style of Fighting

The altercation likely stems from some disparaging remarks Bobby Green made regarding Tsarukyan’s particular style of fighting during an interview with The Schmo. “That Arman guy’s f*cking boring,” Green said. “I can’t stand watching him fight. Every time I watch him fight, I go to sleep.”

Clearly, Tsarukyan didn’t take kindly to the comments and attempted to confront Bobby Green while being backed up by his team.

“This b*tch ass n*gga ran up on me trying to start that sh*t,” Green said. “He didn’t know I was gonna finish it. I socked one of his homies. Bop (laughs). Stop playing with me, bro. N*gga, we from ‘Dino. We from the ‘Dino where that sh*t really goes down. You n*ggas trying to do all that talking.

“Hey, I need somebody else to tell me who that is in that video. I don’t know who the f*ck he is, but he was acting super tough when the n*ggas ran up on me by myself. They all ran up on me by myself and they was acting all that tough. As soon as I ran into the n*ggas again with my n*ggas then he was, ‘Oh, no, no.’

“Nah, nah, nah. You started this sh*t. Then soon as security come and all that sh*t, now you want to act tough again.”

Bobby Green was originally scheduled to face Dan Hooker in a five-round co-main event clash at UFC Austin, but after Hooker broke his arm in training, Jalin Turner agreed to step in on short notice.

In the evening’s headliner, Arman Tsarukyan will continue his ascent up the lightweight ladder when he squares off with perennial contender Beneil Dariush. ‘Ahalkalakets’ has won seven of his last eight with his lone loss coming against Mateusz Gamrot in June 2022.