Ryan Garcia agrees to fight Arman Tsarukyan after threats over unpaid $40,000 bet

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Ryan Garcia has offered to fight Arman Tsarukyan over not paying a $40,000 bet.

Arman Tsarukyan has experienced an enormous rise in stardom over the previous few months for his work outside of the UFC Octagon.

The lightweight primary contender last competed within the premier MMA promotion last November and since then, he has been staying lively by competing in grappling and wrestling competition.

And now, he can have his hands full with a boxer, as he and world champion boxer Ryan Garcia proceed to disagree regarding a $40,000 bet.

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The present top 10 MMA power rankings. Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC

Garcia offers to fight Tsarukyan to settle unpaid $40,000 bet

Earlier this month, ‘Ahalkalakets’ continued his streaming tour when he appeared on a livestream with ‘King’ Ryan.

In the course of the livestream, Tsarukyan bet the WBC welterweight world champion that he couldn’t drop his teammate with a body shot, and the pair agreed to a $40,000 wager.

After several attempts at dropping Tsarukyan’s teammate, Garcia failed and was ordered to pay up the $40,000, to which he gave the Armenian a stack of cash from his sweatpants.

Despite that, Tsarukyan revealed that Garcia’s team asked for the a reimbursement in order that they may count it, with Garcia telling him he would send it to him as an alternative, with him yet to pay up.

After Tsarukyan aired his dismay with the 27-year-old for not paying up, Garcia has now responded by calling the UFC star out for a fight.

“Arman and his team, we will just arrange a squabble between whoever in your team, no body shot things, only a fight. Not for $40k for nevertheless much, I’m not paying you s—, let’s just fight. If any of you possibly can win, I’ll offer you $100k,” he said in a post on X.

“Like I said, I ain’t paying s—, nobody goes to cover the actual fact he’s an expert fighter and play me for $40k… I just agreed to Arman to fight, I box him and he can do elbows.”

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Khabib Nurmagomedov and Arman Tsarukyan comparison
Khabib Nurmagomedov and Arman Tsarukyan comparison. Credit: Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images/Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

Although fans are likely hoping to see some chaos unfold, it might be in Tsarukyan’s best interests to remain out of any form of conflict, as his UFC boss Dana White has seemingly began warming to him.

“Ryan Garcia vs Arman. $100k if he survives 8 rounds we give him the cash on stream. Time is ticking.”

The boxing champion went on to state that he isn’t all in favour of taking Tsarukyan on in an MMA fight and the challenge only stands for boxing and elbows.

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