Overview
- Garcia, in Thursday posts on X, refused to send the $40,000 and offered $100,000 if Tsarukyan lasts eight rounds in a boxing ring.
- Tsarukyan answered Friday with a counter: survive one round of MMA sparring and he will pay Garcia $1,000,000.
- The dispute started on a Kick livestream where Garcia failed a body‑shot challenge against Tsarukyan’s teammate during a $40,000 wager and briefly handed over cash on camera.
- Tsarukyan says Garcia’s team took the money back to count it and promised a wire that never came, and he has said he will speak to Garcia with Khamzat Chimaev.
- No payment or sanctioned bout is confirmed, and Garcia claims he was “scammed” because the teammate was a pro fighter, underscoring how informal stream bets sit outside promotional contracts and athletic commission rules.