Arman Tsarukyan collected the $10,000 bet from Georgio Poullas after his win at RAF 7, then said the money would go to a child in need. That is the actual news here, and it is a much better ending than another week of pointless arguing over a grudge match that had already squeezed enough nonsense out of everyone involved.
The wager came from the fallout of their earlier meeting, which we covered when Tsarukyan beat Poullas in the controversial RAF 6 matchup. The issue there was that the original bet centered on whether Tsarukyan could take Poullas down, and the first match did not settle that cleanly because both sides disagreed over what actually counted. By the time the rematch got booked, the whole thing had already been framed as unfinished business in our earlier story on Tsarukyan and Poullas running it back at RAF 7.
This time the outcome was clearer. Tsarukyan won on points and closed the match with a big throw, the same finish we covered in our recap of his RAF 7 rematch win over Poullas. That result finally gave the bet a clean ending.
Arman Tsarukyan finally gets his 10K from Georgio and donates it straight to a child in need! 🎗️ pic.twitter.com/nykREUhZrX
— Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) March 29, 2026
Tsarukyan got paid, then changed the tone of the whole story
After the event, Poullas paid up. Tsarukyan then reportedly made clear that the cash was not staying with him and would instead go to a child in need. That turned the moment from a simple payoff clip into something more useful and a lot less stupid than most fight-related side bets usually become.
When Poullas heard what Tsarukyan planned to do, he said, “What a great guy! You see this?” He followed that by saying, “That’s beautiful. That’s amazing.”
The background matters here because this rivalry had already gone past normal competitive tension. The first match led to enough chaos that we later covered Poullas speaking from an ambulance after the RAF 6 aftermath, and the rematch buildup brought more talk from both sides, including our story on Poullas saying he was better prepared for RAF 7.
