UFC star Arman Tsarukyan brawled with Dillon Danis on Thursday, ahead of Friday’s wrestling match between the pair.

Tsarukyan, the UFC’s No 2 lightweight contender , will wrestle Danis at a Real American Freestyle (RAF) event in Las Vegas, one day after a press conference to promote the card.

And at that press conference, Danis sported a T-shirt showing a mock-up photo of Tsarukyan’s friend Khamzat Chimaev without a beard, along with the words: “Khamzat is my b***h.”

When Danis – a former jiu-jitsu training partner of Conor McGregor – explained as much, Tsarukyan lurched along the desk and appeared to throw a right hand at Danis.

Security stepped in to hold back both men as a mass brawl broke out, with Chimaev, a former UFC middleweight champion, later getting involved.

Chimaev pinned Danis in an RAF wrestling match in June, leading to another brawl. After Thursday’s press conference, Chimaev told Red Corner MMA: “I’m gonna be close there [on Friday night].…