Lots of you guys are missing the point. Avesher didn't offer to split the money because he had financial problems, it was because he was scared of losing the fight. If he had financial problems and was confident he can take AXA that would be all the more reason to fight him and take the whole purse instead of just half.
Oh and he admitted doing this himself in his posts, before AXA even confirmed it, so I don't see why people are questioning the screenshot?