Dan Hooker reveals Arman Tsarukyan’s back injury rumors ahead of UFC Qatar Clash

Dan Hooker is all set to fight Arman Tsarukyan this weekend at UFC Qatar. Both Hooker and Tsarukyan are coming off injuries. The Hangman broke his hand while sparring earlier this year and had to withdraw from the fight against Justin Gaethje. On the other hand, Arman Tsarukyan injured his back while cutting before UFC 311 and was unable to fight against champion Islam Makhachev.

Ahead of this weekend’s fight night, ‘The Hangman’ appeared in an interview with The Mac life. During the sit-down, he revealed that a massage therapist told Hooker’s friend that she had seen Tsarukyan before and could not put pressure on his back because his back was injured.

Hooker said:

“My friend went downstairs [Four Seasons hotel] and got a massage and spoke to the massaging lady, who said, ‘I had a massage [Arman Tsarukyan]. I couldn’t press hard on his back.’ His back sucks… I don’t think it’s a real secret, his back sucks… When someone gets back problems, it’s a pretty constant thing.”

Check out Dan Hooker’s comments below:

The good news for fight fans, however, is that Tsarukyan and Hooker have both made weight for the fight, making UFC Qatar’s main event now official.

Nina-Marie Daniele tries Arman Tsarukyan’s back flexibility exercise

Nina-Marie Daniele reposted a video of Arman Tsarukyan performing a flexibility exercise on Instagram, which many previously thought was the cause of his injury before the fight against Islam Makhachev.

Daniele couldn’t perform the same and said:

“We won’t do that again.”

Tsarukyan commented on the clip:

“😂😂😂😂💣”

Merab Dvalishvili also had a similar response:

“😂”

Check out the post and comments below:

For context: different fans accused Daniele for Tsarukyan’s withdrawal from UFC 311, claiming the Armenian was injured while filming the fight vlog with the MMA reporter. But it soon became clear that his injury was caused by overtraining and the weight cut.