Arman Tsarukyan wasn't competing at UFC Freedom 250. He was on a transatlantic flight with no internet access. He landed to find out he was $5.7 million richer. Before the event, his camp had put $1 million on Justin Gaethje at jack.com. Gaethje stopped Ilia Topuria in Round 4. jack.com paid in full.
At $5.7 million, it's one of the biggest UFC betting wins on record.
Where Did Arman Tsarukyan Win $5.7M?
Tsarukyan's circle placed the wager at jack.com ahead of UFC Freedom 250, held on the South Lawn of the White House on June 14. The card's main event matched Gaethje — a significant underdog — against Topuria, the undisputed lightweight champion at 17–0.
Gaethje was a heavy underdog. Most books had him opening around +440, moving to roughly +400 by fight week. Jack.com's line was closer to +470 — a $100 stake returns $570 total, $470 in profit. A $1 million stake returned $5.7 million.
The fight ended at 5:00 of Round 4, corner stoppage. Topuria's vision was going. Gaethje took the undisputed title; Topuria's 17–0 record was over. Tsarukyan, still airborne when it happened, described what stopped it later, in post-fight interviews: "You can see like you're losing your eye, cannot, see and why you should go and someone going to knock you out."
How Does jack.com Handle a $5.7M Withdrawal?
A crypto sportsbook payout is the settlement of a winning bet in digital currency, sent directly to a user's wallet without bank routing. That's how jack.com works.
Most traditional sportsbooks cap how much a winner can withdraw per transaction, spreading large payouts across multiple payment cycles. The $5.7M figure is large enough to trigger that at most platforms. jack.com processed it as a single transfer, with no reported delay.
Tsarukyan posted the jack.com betting slip on social media: one person, one platform, one dollar amount. For crypto traders sizing up where to bet, that's more useful than any promotional claim about fast withdrawals.
The Controversy Dana White Added
Dana White publicly stated the wager was technically placed by a friend of Tsarukyan's, not Tsarukyan directly. That distinction matters under UFC's athlete gambling rules, which bar fighters from betting on UFC events.
Tsarukyan's framing: "we bet $1 million" — a shared wager. Whether that satisfies UFC policy is unresolved. What's on the record: the slip was on jack.com, the payout was $5.7 million, and no discipline has been announced.
UFC Freedom 250 was held on the White House South Lawn, with Dana White and Trump administration figures in attendance. White has since called it a one-time occasion. That setting pushed coverage of the Tsarukyan bet well past the MMA press and into mainstream financial and crypto outlets.
jack.com, Arman Tsarukyan, and the $5.7M Payout
jack.com — the crypto sportsbook and online casino — paid Arman Tsarukyan $5.7 million after his camp's $1 million bet on Justin Gaethje at UFC Freedom 250, June 14, 2026. It's the most publicly documented large-sum withdrawal in recent online UFC betting.
Gaethje was a near 5-to-1 underdog against a 17–0 champion. At +470, his implied win probability was around 17.5% — jack.com was on the wrong side of a million-dollar bet from the moment it was accepted. The platform paid it without capping the withdrawal.
