The former UFC champion who clashed with controversial streamer Jack Doherty has broken his silence by setting the record straight on the altercation.
Doherty was in attendance for the Netflix superfight between Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua at the Kaseya Center in Miami, where the two-time heavyweight champion broke the YouTuber-turned-boxer's jaw in a sixth round knockout victory.
But Paul wasn't the only content creator to be involved in physicality as Doherty, who has 15 million subscribers on YouTube, went viral online.
He bumped into former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski backstage and footage emerged of 'The Pitbull' getting into it with members of Doherty's crew.
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The 22-year-old regularly streams walking around the United States with his security team but in this latest outing, his posse received punches and kicks aplenty from Arlovski, the man with the most victories in the UFC heavyweight division.
Footage showed the Belarusian showing no mercy, with Doherty calling for his friends to come away.
In various posts on his X page, Doherty said that Arlovski tried "to kick me for no reason" as he walked past "and that’s how it all started".
To begin with Arlovski remained silent but then answered a series of questions on his official Instagram page, giving a very different version of events.
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"First of all I didn't beat up anyone," he said on Instagram.
"I just stopped the threat. They were threatening me, my wife, my kid and I have another friend who was with his pregnant wife.
"I did what every man is supposed to do to stop the threat. I guess they were looking for content for their website and I guess I was a victim. They thought maybe it was going to be easy content for YouTube - maybe because I'm old and maybe because it was three idiots and one big bodyguard.
"He kind of landed one punch so I have to be more alert and pay more attention. That's a lesson. That guy, he was sneaky and he sucker punched me."
He continued: "It was a successful escape [for Jack]. He was successfully hiding and running away behind his bodyguard's back. He did a great job.
"Thanks to my wife because at some point she pulled me back and it didn't go in a wrong direction.
"I didn't want to knock anybody out I just did everything possible to protect my family and stop the threat."
Arlovski's last fight in the UFC was a split decision loss to Martin Buday in June 2024 but he is poised to return to action for BKFC in February 2026.
Topics: UFC, Jake Paul, Anthony Joshua
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