“I’ll Buy Your $3.5M House” - Arman Tsarukyan TORCHES Ilia Topuria Ducking Him
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🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Arman Tsarukyan breaks down the real reason UFC stars clash with Dana White: money, contracts, and the fight business behind the scenes. He reveals he’d fight Ilia Topuria for free just for the title shot, talks about Conor McGregor’s massive paydays, and explains why drama sells bigger than fighting alone.
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| 0:23.1 | Do you see that as a common pattern? |
| 0:24.6 | Like, you know, the faces of the fighting game typically have a little bit of conflict with the |
| 0:30.1 | top of UFC? |
| 0:31.1 | Yeah, because everybody wants to make more money. |
| 0:34.6 | So they hear, like, how much the NBA players, how much the football players making, and |
| 0:40.0 | UFC fighters wants to make a lot of money too. |
| 0:44.2 | And then they started like, do that thing. |
| 0:47.1 | John Jones, not just he wants big money. |
| 0:52.8 | Tapuria for the White House, he wants Islam. He asked the big money. Everybody, like, asking for big money. That's why probably they argue. So you think it's the money part? Well, let me ask you... Yeah, 100% money. Let's say I'm negotiating on behalf of Dana. For the next two minutes, I work for Dana. For me, they send me contract. I signed and give it back. I don't even watch how much they... That's exactly what I'm at them, Hartzum. If they were to say, okay, something happened to Justin, I want you to be on the White House card, but we're not paying you nothing. Would you take the fight? 100%. |
| 1:28.4 | So let me get the straight. I mean, this is very important, because we can save UFC some money right now. Yeah. If they called you from UFC right now, and they said, take the fight against Ilya for zero, you take it, don't pay me nothing. I got a, what was in my contract to fight for the title. I don't know how much I'm getting paid. |
| 1:50.1 | Because last time before the hooker fight, they gave me contract. I said, okay, I'll sign it because I want to be a normal guy in U.S. because I don't have too much tools. They give me |
| 1:56.3 | contract. I signed. It was a good money for, and I just signed it. I didn't say, oh, add me like 200 more because I want a moment. I said, okay, I want to fight for the title. They give me a hooker. I beat him, and then I go to fight for the title. I beat hooker and then, and then wrestling on the RAF. You headbutted. You headbutted and that's what Dana didn't like that. |
| 2:18.7 | He doesn't, you know, there's certain things he wants. |
| 2:21.7 | Are you, are you, do you have a relationship with Connor? |
| 2:24.7 | No. |
| 2:26.0 | Have you guys ever met? |
| 2:27.9 | Yeah, I fought on the same card as, I fought the same card as Connor. |
| 2:35.1 | Connor was done is good. |
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