Arman Tsarukyan’s Brother Counters ‘Rich Kid’ Label With Story of Scarce Upbringing

Overview

• Artur Tsarukyan detailed the family’s early hardships in a Red Corner MMA interview that was picked up by MMAmania and Bloody Elbow.
• He recalled training without wrestling shoes and seeing Asics in the city as a status symbol during their youth.
• He described their childhood in the countryside as a “kind of ghetto,” rejecting claims they were born into privilege.
• Reporting acknowledges the family is now wealthy, with patriarch Nairi Tsarukyan a multi-millionaire in Russian construction.
• Coverage notes Arman’s displays of wealth and financial flexibility, though he has said he is not “private jet or yacht rich.”