Khamzat Chimaev Jokes Arman Tsarukyan Took Out His Airline Frustration On Urijah Faber

Urijah Faber, Khamzat Chimaev, and Arman Tsarukyan (Photo by Imagn)

Khamzat Chimaev Jokes Arman Tsarukyan Took Out His Airline Frustration On Urijah Faber

Originally posted on Total Pro Sports | By Pavan Sharma | Last updated Apr 22, 2026 3:02 PM ET

Arman Tsarukyan was recently removed from an American Airlines flight to Philadelphia along with two friends before takeoff. Reports suggested that Tsarukyan and his friends were using their phones during takeoff, prompting the airline to remove them. Now, Khamzat Chimaev joked about how Urijah Faber had to deal with Tsarukyan’s frustration.

Chimaev joked that the 29-year-old fighter may have thrown Urijah Faber off the stage because he was still frustrated about getting kicked off his American Airlines flight. The middleweight champion laughed, saying that Tsarukyan had taken revenge. During his recent talk with Adam Zubayraev, the Chechen fighter said:

“He wanted revenge for what happened on the plane.”

Khamzat Chimaev believes Arman Tsarukyan threw Urijah Faber out of frustration over his experience with American Airlines.

"He wanted revenge for what happened on the plane"

(Via @AdamZubayraev ) pic.twitter.com/14lz0s0xEc
— Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) April 22, 2026

The Armenian fighter always stayed in the headlines, which kept his hype constant. Fans also saw Tsarukyan get into a heated online argument with Ryan Garcia, during which both fighters called each other out for a fight.

Arman Tsarukyan Offers $1M To Ryan Garcia For An MMA Sparring Session

Garcia and Tsarukyan went from friendly livestream partners to trading shots online. After Garcia reportedly called for an eight-round boxing match for $100,000, Tsarukyan fired back by saying Garcia should survive one round of MMA sparring with him for $1 million instead.

Replying to it on X, the 29-year-old wrote: “$100k for 8 rounds lol. Survive 1 round of MMA sparring with me, and I’ll give you $1,000,000. @RyanGarcia.”

For context he deleted this pic.twitter.com/PTD7zzuA2B
— TrueSpeech (@InsightIns1) April 17, 2026

The tension appeared to come after Garcia lost a body-shot bet to Tsarukyan and, according to Arman, never paid up. Now, fans had to wait for the response of “King Ry” to the Armenian fighter’s callout.

This article first appeared on Total Pro Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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