FORMER UFC champion Andrei Arlovski was involved in a stunning backstage brawl during Jake Paul’s clash against Anthony Joshua that involved YouTuber Jack Doherty.
The Belarusian, 46, found himself caught up in some unsavoury scenes backstage during the fight in Miami, which Joshua won by KO.
Arlovski, who holds the record for most wins in UFC heavyweight history with 23, was filmed trying to fight off four people in a clip that has gone viral.
One of those was social media star Doherty, 22, who has 15million subscribers on YouTube and 2.8m Instagram followers.
Doherty has become renowned for his notorious prank videos and controversial moments.
Arlovski was apparently enraged after someone bumped into him, with Doherty involved in the resulting scrap.
Doherty decided to stay behind his security detail while Arlovski was swinging punches.
He knocked one man to the ground and kicked him before going after another individual.
Doherty was then filmed attempting to calm the scuffle as he appeared to urge a group of his friends to pull away.
Arlovski then seems to calm down before leaving the scene with a partner.
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Fans on social media were shocked that Doherty would risk the wrath of an accomplished fighter like Arlovski.
One wrote on X: “Do they even know who Andrei is?”
Another said: “I can’t quite understand why you would want to fight an ex UFC champ, but that’s just me.”
A third added: “The guys nicknamed Pitbull for a reason. These kids need to know who they messing with.”
And one said: “Y’all picking fights with old UFC champions?? You think there isn’t a good chance they have enough left in em to track you clean out?? Tread lightly man.”
Doherty is said to have a net worth of $3m (£2.2m) after finding huge success as a streamer.
But he has been in the headlines for wrong reasons after crashing his McLaren 570GT.
Arlovski became UFC heavyweight champion in 2005 but hasn’t fought in the promotion since a unanimous decision loss to Waldo Cortes-Acosta last year.
He has since been fighting in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, while he has also worked as an actor.
Arlovski recently appeared in the Equaliser 2 in 2018 and the Limitless TV show in 2015.
