Eduard Vartanyan allegedly attacked backstage before ACA 202 bout

Eduard Vartanyan was reportedly attacked in the backstage area before his fight with Uzair at ACA 202 in St. Petersburg. Friends of Zaur Gadjiev allegedly struck Vartanyan in the back of the head. The post highlights the interesting contrast that while ACA has been very strict about media access to locker rooms and backstage areas in the past, a fighter not competing on the card was allowed access with friends and even initiated a physical altercation. The author notes that fighters outside the current card should be restricted from those areas, especially when journalists who have covered ACA for years are denied access. The post acknowledges that the situation has improved recently, though it's not yet ideal.