Arman Tsarukyan disclosed that his monthly expenses range from $500,000 to $700,000, with a minimum of $250,000 to $300,000 per month. In an interview on the Full Send Podcast, he revealed that he spends approximately $250,000 monthly on watches alone, purchasing a new timepiece after each grappling or wrestling match. His spending also includes private jets, luxury cars including Rolls-Royces, lavish parties, and designer clothing such as white t-shirts costing $2,500 each. Tsarukyan stated he recently accepted a high-paying grappling match against Urijah Faber, whom he called a "no-name," purely for financial reasons. He emphasized that he uses his earnings for content creation and personal enjoyment, spending his fight purses throughout the month.
Arman Tsarukyan pulled back the curtain on his personal finances in a recent appearance on the Full Send Podcast, revealing that he burns through somewhere between $500,000 and $700,000 every month — with watches alone accounting for a quarter of a million dollars of that figure.
The 29-year-old Russian lightweight, currently ranked number one in the UFC's 155-pound division, made clear that the spending is very much by design. Tsarukyan, who trains out of American Top Team and carries a 23-3 record, said he buys a new timepiece after every grappling or wrestling match. His outgoings extend well beyond the watch case, covering private jets, Rolls-Royces, lavish parties, and designer clothing — including white t-shirts that run $2,500 apiece. He described his fight purses as effectively a monthly budget to be worked through.
Tsarukyan also disclosed that he accepted a lucrative grappling match against Urijah Faber, whom he dismissed as a "no-name," solely for the financial upside. Faber, the 47-year-old American veteran who fights out of Team Alpha Male, carries a 35-11 record across a long combat sports career. The former WEC bantamweight champion stands five-foot-six with a 67-inch reach and has averaged 2.65 significant strikes per minute over his career.
By comparison, Tsarukyan operates at a considerably higher volume at the elite level, landing 3.85 significant strikes per minute with 50 percent accuracy and averaging 3.26 takedowns per 15 minutes — a grappling output that makes the matchup a notable stylistic mismatch on paper.
Why it matters
- Tsarukyan's candid financial disclosures offer a rare look at how top-ranked UFC fighters manage — and spend — their earnings at the peak of the sport.
- His framing of the Faber grappling bout as a payday rather than a competitive challenge underscores the growing market for high-profile submission grappling events outside the UFC.
- As the number-one ranked lightweight, any activity Tsarukyan takes on outside the octagon draws scrutiny regarding his focus on title contention at 155 pounds.
