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Eduard Vartanyan was allegedly attacked in the backstage area before his fight with Uzair at ACA 202 in Saint Petersburg, struck in the back of the head by friends of Zaur Gadzhiev. The incident highlights inconsistencies in ACA's media access policies, which have historically restricted credentialed media from backstage areas and locker rooms while apparently allowing fighters not competing on the card and their entourages to move freely in those spaces. The post notes that ACA has recently improved its media access policies, though the situation is still not ideal. The author mentions being physically removed from ringside by security at a previous ACA event in Kazakhstan for filming too close to the cage.
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