Arman Tsarukyan offered RAF06 opponent $5000 to skip pre-fight weigh-in

Despite his inactivity in the premier MMA promotion over the last few years, ‘Ahalkalakets’ has been keeping himself active in grappling and wrestling competition.

And that activity continues this Saturday when Arman Tsarukyan steps back onto the Real American Wrestling mats to take on Georgio Poullas.

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Tsarukyan offered Poullas $5000 to not have to weigh-in for wrestling match

During his time away from the Octagon, the Armenian has been doing everything he can to grow his presence on social media.

And in an attempt to do so, Tsarukyan has found his niche to be eating an abundant amount of giant food which has seen him massively grow in popularity.

The issue with that is that he is currently nowhere near his current fight weight of 155lbs, and in fact, he is seemingly worried that he may not be near the 185lb limit for his wrestling match.

“You want $5000. I’ll get you $5000 and don’t even show my weight,” Tsarukyan told Poullas in a meeting backstage during their RAF06 press conference.

“$5000 to just weigh in at whatever?” Poullas responded.

“I’ll get you $5000 and whatever my weight is now,” Tsarukyan said.

“How much do you weigh now?” Poullas asked.

“Who gives a f—? Bro, I’m maximum 178lbs,” Tsarukyan answered.

Despite Tsarukyan’s claim that he is no more than 178lbs, their match is scheduled at middleweight, meaning he wouldn’t need to cut any weight to hit the limit.

Tsarukyan and Poullas make $10,000 bet ahead of match

The $5000 Tsarukyan was willing to give to his opponent to not have to weigh in isn’t the only money the UFC star is splashing ahead of their match.

In fact, Tsarukyan and Poullas have seemingly made a bet worth $10,000 for their wrestling match, as Tsarukyan is convinced Poullas won’t be able to take him down.

“As of right now, me and Arman came to an agreement of a bet worth $10,000 on the match winner. I think there may be a bit more talking about betting during the press conference,” Poullas said at the pre-fight presser.