Arman Tsarukyan

“So I post maybe three years ago when I was eating in and out and it went viral. I had maybe, like, 300 or 400,000 followers and it was, like, six, seven millions. And they said, okay. Maybe people like because I fought versus, Demille Ismagulov. I beat him. I got I gained, like, a 40,000, 40,000 likes for the for the winning. But when I post the in and out, I got 250,000 of likes. I said, why I beat this guy? Like and I didn't go viral, and I just post the burgers, and I went viral.”

“So I flew to Thailand. I stayed there one year, and, I came back, beat him, this guy that he knocked me out. I was watching on the YouTube. I didn't know even where where that place. I just know it was in the island, Phuket, and I landed there. I was asking everybody where's Tiger Mai Tai, and they they nobody knew that. And then one of the the taxi driver, he drove me there.”

“Khamzat, he never watch his opponent fights. He don't care what he's gonna do. For example, me, I sit and watch, like, okay. Hooker, he does the kick from the left to righty. But this guy, he doesn't know, like, what even Strickland does or, like, his opponent. He never watched them, and he doesn't care what he's gonna do. He cares what he's gonna do to him. So he has his own game plan just on what he's gonna do.”

“For me, they send me contract. I sign and give it back. I don't even watch how much they. 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. It's okay. I'll fight for you, USA. I'll fight for you. And, for sure they're gonna be proud more than for Gage.”

“The drama the sport why this sport is, like, getting big because of drama, not because of fighting. Like, Conor Habib, Diaz, you know, the trash talk, everything. Not just fighting. What's going on before the fight? The boss thing, it was like it went viral too. Because of that, that fight was the most biggest fight in the UFC. If it wasn't that conflict before that, okay, they talk shit in the press car and that fight is gone.”

“In Russia, we get paid. If you're, like, an Olympic team, in your if you're Russian champion, you get paid money. If you're win once in your life Olympic medal, you getting paid all your life until you die. Like, $1,000. For the rest of your life. But can you imagine if you win three times, you're getting paid 3 or 4,000. Every month for the rest of your life.”

“Ryan Garcia, he wanted to punch Ashton Hall. I said, okay. Here's my friend. You wanna punch him? He said, yes. Let's do it. So he punched it three times. He couldn't drop him, and I took the money. He said, bro, we need this money for tonight. We do something. Bro, I swear to god, like a man word. I'm gonna wire it tomorrow. One week, nothing. He didn't send me money. Bro, you didn't tell me your guy is professional boxer. I said, why I should tell you? He's my friend.”

“Even Khabib, he got paid for the gym. Putin built for him a gym. For example, you gold and you wanna build your own gym, they give you money to build your own gym. If you're a gold medalist. So somewhere you go in Russia, if you're a fighter or wrestler in government, they take care of you because you do something for your country.”

“I post maybe three years ago when I was eating in and out and it went viral, I had maybe like 300 or 400,000 followers and it was like six, seven millions. And I said, okay, maybe people like, because I fought versus Damil Ismagulov, I beat him. I gained like 40,000 likes for the winning. Yeah, but when I post the in and out, I got 250,000 likes. I said, why I beat this guy? Like, and I didn't go viral and I just post the burgers and I went viral.”

“I went there in 15 or 22nd, he knocked me out. My dad said, what are you doing? Like I told you, don't go there. It's not your thing. And I was so mad. And I said, okay, give me one year. And can you send me to Thailand? So I flew to Thailand, I stayed there one year. And I came back, beat him, this guy that he knocked me out.”

“Yeah, it's Islam fight. I went there and like my manager, it's Islam. He said, I don't care who is Islam and who is the Habib. I don't care. Like I need to want to be in UFC. I knew they give you contract not for one fight, they give you contract for four fights. So if you go there, perform very well. And I knew I could beat him. I don't know why in my mind I was so confident. I think from my blood. I don't know, because where I was born, hard lifestyle, my parents, they came from nothing probably from that.”

“So the drama, the sport, why this sport is like getting big because of drama, not because of fighting. Like Conor, Habib, Diaz, you know, the trash talk, everything. Not just fighting. What was going on before the fight? The boss thing, it was like, it went viral too. Because of that, that fight was the most biggest fight in the UFC. If it wasn't that conflict before that, okay. Conor, Habib, yeah, they talk shit in the press conference and that fight is, it's gone.”

“For me, they send me contract, I sign and give it back. I don't even watch how much they put. I got to watch what's in my contract to fight for the title. I don't know how much I'm getting paid. So 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 UFC. They give me contract, I sign. It was a good money and I just signed it. I didn't say, oh, add me like 200 more because I want to more money.”

“Yeah, it's an Olympic sport. They take care of them so much. So for example, if you want to be a box, you go to school, you don't pay money. If you're a wrestler, you go to school, you don't pay money for the sport. Even Khabib, he got paid for his gym. Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich built for him a gym. For example, you're a gold, you want a gold and you want to build your own gym, they give you money to build your own gym.”

“He has $40,000 with him. He said he wanted to punch Ashton Hall, the guy who is running. And Ashton has said, no. I said, bro, $40,000 for me is nothing. Double it, I'll take three punches. He said, no, I'm not rich like you, this, that. I said, okay, here's my friend. You want to punch him? He said, yes, let's do it. So he punched three times, he couldn't drop him and I took the money and his account or whatever came and said, bro, here's more than $40,000. Let me go upstairs, like count money and then come back. I said, okay. He came back without money.”