PERTH, Australia – Josh Culibao beat Melsik Baghdasaryan with a second-round submission Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 284 at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. Take a look inside the fight ...

For Baghdasaryan, it’s just another day at the Octagon. But if you want to strike fear in the UFC featherweight’s heart, book him on a flight. “I’m really scared traveling, like flying.

Baghdasaryan, a Glendale Fighting Club trainee, improved to 3-0 as a boxer with a majority decision over Diego Padilla in a four-round welterweight bout at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio.

Baghdasaryan last fought Tucker Lutz in July 2023, earning a unanimous decision win to bounce back from his first UFC loss against Joshua Culibao.

— UFC (@ufc) February 12, 2023 Things looked more of the same in the second round until Culibao dropped Baghdasaryan and quickly pounced, locking in a tight rear-naked choke and forcing a tap.

Baghdasaryan drilled Culibao in the groin with a nasty spinning back kick. Culibao was visibly injured, as he stood up and sat down over and over again, as he tried to get himself right.

Glendale Fighting Club member Melsik Baghdasaryan earned a hard-fought three-round verdict against fellow Contender Series alum Tucker Lutz in the evening’s featured prelim at UFC on ESPN 49 at ...