Overview
- Arman Tsarukyan beat Urijah Faber by technical fall at RAF 08 on Saturday in Philadelphia after a scramble that sent both men off the stage.
- Henry Cejudo withdrew with an injury hours before the event, which moved Tsarukyan vs. Faber into the main event slot.
- Two days earlier, Tsarukyan and companions were removed from American Airlines Flight 513 at LAX, with the airline saying they refused orders to stay seated while the plane was taxiing.
- A journalist first said phone use and an open tray table triggered the deplaning, while Tsarukyan later said a dispute over an empty seat and a curt exchange with a flight attendant set it off.
- After leaving the flight, he booked a private jet to make the show, and Daniel Cormier warned that more off-cage flare-ups could hurt his push for a UFC title fight.