Arman Tsarukyan Clarifies Relationship With Nina Drama: 'Best Friends'

Arman Tsarukyan and Nina Drama. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram.

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One of the most important names in the UFC lightweight division (up to 70,3 kg), Arman Tsarukyan It has become increasingly popular due to the production of humorous content on social media. Among this content, it is common to see the fighter accompanied by Nina Marie-Daniele, an official Ultimate influencer who became known as Nina Drama among sports fans. Despite the controversies involving the two, the Armenian made it clear in an interview on the 'PBD' podcast last Tuesday (28) that the relationship between the two is just a friendship.

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The fighter maintained the discourse adopted by his main coach, Marcos Parrumpinha, and stated that all the content produced has not only the approval but also the direction of the influencer's partner, Jhanelle Castillo.

“Nina and I are best friends. This is just the content we make together. She has a boyfriend. Her boyfriend creates the videos and he’s always with her. He’s very intelligent. They work together,” the Armenian stated.

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“Nina and me are best friends. This is just the content we do together. She has a boyfriend.

Her boyfriend creates the videos and he's always with her. He's so smart. They work together.”

(via @PBDsPodcast) pic.twitter.com/NCHKTLRUjl

— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) April 28, 2026

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Nina Drama reacted to Arman Tsarukyan's statements.

Nina Drama at a UFC event. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook/UFC

Incredulous at the publication of the interview, Nina went public to confront those who believe the narrative of romantic/sexual involvement on her part with athletes from the company. She made a point of highlighting that the content production has the support of sponsors.

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"Serious question: do people really believe I sleep with UFC fighters? I understand making jokes, but I want to know if people honestly believe it? I'm a content creator for the UFC… I help promote fighters, we film skits, I try my best to show the personality of each fighter in every interview so that we can all grow and make money. I share the same sponsors as…" Sean Strickland, Merab Dvalishvili, Diego lopes, Arman Tsarukyan "And Alex Pereira… that's why you see me filming a lot of content with them. All these guys are my friends, but I don't call them to hang out alone. Lastly, my boyfriend isn't my cinematographer… he's my creative director. You got it right!", she exclaimed in a post on X (formerly Twitter).