Eduard Vartanyan was attacked in the backstage area before his fight with Uzair at ACA 202 in St. Petersburg. He was struck in the back of the head by friends of Zaur Gadzhiev. The post notes that ACA historically maintains strict policies about media access to locker rooms and backstage areas, yet fighters not competing on the card can apparently move freely in those spaces. The author points out the inconsistency between restricted media access and the ability of fighter associates to be backstage where they initiated this altercation. ACA has reportedly improved these policies recently, though not ideally.
