Eduard Vartanyan was attacked in the backstage area before his fight at ACA 202 in St. Petersburg. He was struck in the back of the head by friends of Zaur Gadzhiev. The post criticized ACA's media access policies, noting that while credentialed media are often restricted from backstage areas, fighters not competing on the card and their entourages are allowed access, which enabled this incident. The author noted that media policies have improved recently but are still not ideal.
