UFC Hall of Famer slammed off stage and onto ringside seats in wild wrestling match
Arman Tsarukyan sent Urijah Faber flying off the stage during a wild freestyle wrestling match at RAF 8 on Saturday night.
The stunning moment happened when Tsarukyan, who was leading 8-1 at the time, grabbed Faber’s left leg in pursuit of the takedown.

Faber attempted to fend off the effort, but was driven into the ringside seating as he fought to keep his balance.
One angle from the commentary booth shows both men hurtling past the desk and plummeting to the concrete floor below.
Miraculously, neither Faber nor Tsarukyan sustained any serious injuries from the heavy fall.
The pair were back on the mat within a minute, and the contest was restarted soon after.
“No, how can I throw him on purpose? He’s an OG,” Tsarukyan said of the crazy sequence.
“I was doing my technique, and I couldn’t stop.”
When the action resumed, Tsarukyan landed a four-point throw to close the show with a 13-1 tech fall win.
In victory, UFC lightweight contender Tsarukyan improves to 4-0 under the RAF banner, while 2017 UFC Hall of Fame inductee Faber falls to 0-2.
The last time Tsarukyan competed for RAF, he extended his series to 2-0 over Georgio Poullas after their highly controversial inaugural encounter.
In the dying embers of their first meeting, Tsarukyan punched and kneed the high school wrestling standout, sparking a massive brawl as both teams rushed the mat.
A video later emerged online of Poullas in the back of an ambulance with a neck brace on, though Tsarukyan was handed the victory by a 5-4 margin.
The Armenian is now seemingly on the verge of squaring off against UFC welterweight title challenger Colby Covington at a future RAF event.
Covington was supposed to meet former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman in May, but he took to the stage after RAF 8 and agreed to face Tsarukyan first.
“That match can wait,” Covington said about facing Weidman.
“You need an American who can beat him. Very soon.
“I just talked to Hunter Campbell, we’re going to get it done.”
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