All Entries in the "MMA" Category
January 2012 – Fight Results Summary
January 2012 (15 Wins & 3 Losses) 83% Win
HyeFighters win 18 out of 18 fights in the month of January 2012
HyeFighter Magakian Makes Quick Work Of Garcia
HyeFighter Sevak Magakian makes quick work of Alex Garcia by submitting him in the first round at the California Fight Syndicate’s event in Santa Monica CA. The fight was a very one sided event and the outcome was never in doubt.
HyeFighter Papazian Very Impressive In UFC Debut
HyeFighter Jared “Jackhammer” Papazian made an unforgetable debut in the UFC tonight, in which his fight could arguable be the “Fight Of The Night”. Jared went toe-to-toe with Easton, his opponent, and did not back down from anything. Papazian showed his strength, determination and grit as he pressed forward and banged when he had to, [...]
2011 Year End Summary
HyFighters from around the world win 66% of their fights in 2011 (120 wins out of 183 fights)
2011 January – December Totals:
120 Wins (66%)
51 Losses (28%)
12 Draw/No Contest (6%)
December 2011 – 20W, 10L, 4D/NC [click for details]
November 2011 – 7W, 4L, 0D/NC [click for details]
October 2011 – 12W, 2L, 2D/NC [click for [...]
December 2011 – Fight Results Summary
December 2011 (20 Wins, 10 Losses & 4 Draw) 59% Win
HyeFighters win 20 out of 34 fights in the month of December 2011
HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan Gets ROBBED AGAIN At UFC 141
HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan said he was going to beat Diego Nunes and he did just that on Friday night at UFC 141, however, he was ROBBED again by the HORRIBLE judging!!!! I call BULLSHIT!!!!
The judges seemed to have been watching a soccer match and scoring on kicks only. Manny was clearly the aggressor and always [...]
HyeFighter Mousasi Works His Way To A Victory
Maybe it was his loss to Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal, but HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi was determined to show off his improved wrestling against Ovince St-Preux.
The methodology worked well with Mousasi landing several takedowns en route to a unanimous decision win.
It was apparent in the opening moments that St-Preux, who took his biggest step up in [...]
HyeFighter Karakhanyan WINS The Tachi Fights Featherweight CHAMPIONSHIP
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan is the NEW Featherweight Champion of Tachi Palace Fights!!!!
Round 1 – Featherweight title fight in the main event. Georgi scores first with the kick. Georgi lands a big head kick, and slips. Isaac comes back with a right hand and a leg kick. Georgi with the high kick again. It’s partially blocked. [...]
November 2011 – Fight Results Summary
HyeFighters win 5 out of 9 fights in the month of November 2011
October 2011 – Fight Results Summary
October 2011 (12 Wins, 2 Losses & 2 Draw) 75% Win
HyeFighters win 12 out of 16 fights in the month of October 2011
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HyeFighters Magakian and Tsaturyan Both Win In Burbank
HyeFighters Sevak Magakian and Haik Tsaturyan both emerge victorious at National Fight Alliance’s “Valley Invasion” show in Burbank CA.
The local crowd was filled with HyeFighter supporters and made for an exciting and loud time whenever HyeFighters were in the cage.
The night started out with HyeFighter Haik Tsaturyan taking on Octavio Morales. Although this match went [...]
HyeFighter Darpinyan Victoriuos In Holland
HyeFighter Hrach Darpinyan gets back on the wining track by beating Santana Ou in Holland at the BoW 9 – Battle of Wormer event on October 9th.
Darpinyan stopped his opponent in the 2nd round via TKO.
September 2011 – Fight Results Summary
HyeFighters win 8 out of 12 fights in the month of September 2011
HyeFighter Papazian Successfully Defends His Title
HyeFighter Jared “The Jackhammer” Papazian was successfull in his first title defense against previously undefeated Marvin Garcia at San Manuel Casino on Thursday, September 15th. The two combatants put on an amazing performance, and at the end, it was the HyeFighter who had his arm raised in victory.
Here is a play by play of the [...]
HyeFighter Parisyan Comes Up Short in Brazil
HyeFighter Karo Parisyan came up a little short in Brazil in his fight against Jordan Smith. The action packed fight saw Parisyan lose via split decision. The play by play is below.
August 2011 – Fight Results Summary
August 2011 (3 Wins, 1 Loss & 1 Draw) 60% Win
HyeFighters win 3 out of 5 fights in the month of August 2011
July 2011 – Fight Results Summary
July 2011 (15 Wins, 7 Losses & 0 Draws) 68% Win
HyeFighters win 15 out of 22 fights in the month of July 2011
HyeFighter Mousasi Defends His Title By TKO In The 1st Round
HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi defends his Dream Lightheavy weight championship by beating Olympic Silver Medalist in Judo Hiroshi Izumi via TKO at 3:29 of the first round. Below is the play-by-play from the fight, and below that check out the gallery of pictures which include some exclusive behind the scenes pictures:
Round 1:
Izumi takes the first swipe [...]
June 2011 – Fight Results Summary
June 2011 (15 Wins, 4 Losses & 3 Draws) 68% Win
HyeFighters win 15 out of 22 fights in the month of June 2011.
HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan Gets Robbed in Pitsburgh
Simply put….Griffin gets a GIFT in Pittsburgh. PERIOD!!!! I am not able to see how and why the judges scored the way they did and the referee for that match needs to have his license suspended (not so much for his inaction in the Gamburyan fight, rather his inability to govern an MMA match in [...]
HyeFighter Jared Papzian WINS the King Of The Cage Fly Weight Championship
HyeFighter Jared Papazian is the KOTC Fly Weight Champion
HyeFighter Jared “The Jackhammer” Papazian goes five grueling five minute rounds against Abel Cullum in Oklahoma at the King Of The Cage Fly Weight Championship match and wins a very close Unanimous Decision to become the NEW KOTC BANTAM WEIGHT CHAMPION. All three judges had the match [...]
HyeFighter Grigor Aschugbabjan wins via KO in Austria
HyeFighter Grigor Aschugbabjan racks up another victory in his MMA career by knocking out Kalmár István in the 2nd round of their scheduled 3 round match.
HyeFighter Darpinyan WINS In Holland
It did not take long for HyeFighter Hracho Darpinyan to pick up another win in his MMA career on the night of June 2nd.
Darpinyan fought Johan Romminga of France in a bout that went the distance and had a little bit of everything. At the end however, Darpinyan was the winner via points.Look for [...]
2011 May – Fight Results Summary
May 2011 (9 Wins, 5 Losses & 1 Draw) 60% Win
HyeFighters win 9 out of 15 fights in the month of May 2011
HyeFighter Grigor Aschugbabian Has a Contreversial Loss in Poland
Attila Vegh survived a knockdown from HyeFighter Grigor Aschugbabjan before dispatching the Armenian early in the second round with strikes. Though Aschugbabjan waved to the referee, complaining that he was poked in the eye, the referee ruled the strikes to be legal and awarded Vegh his TKO.
Doctor’s Stoppage Ends Fight For HyeFighter Karo Parisyan
Karo is putting on a judo clinic and had dominant position for most of that round.
2011 April – Fight Results Summary
HyeFighters win 10 out of 17 fights in the month of April 2011
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan Wins in 1 Minute
Georgi Karakhanyan gets back on the winning track by notching up his 15th win at the Sabobo casino Friday night by submitting his opponents with a triangle choke in 1 minute of the first round.
HyeFighter Mousasi Gets Robed in San Diego
HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi’s fight against former UFC champion Keith Jardine had to have been one of the most horrible and pathetic examples of judging/scoring a fight. Mousasi CLEARLY won the fight PERIOD. Aggression, Dominant Position, Ring Control, Striking and to put it bluntly, beat the living crap out of Keith Jardine. However, because Jardine had [...]
2011 March – Fight Results Summary
March 2011 (12 Wins, 5 Losses) 70% Win
HyeFighter Hovik Zakarian Wins in Germany
HyeFighter Hovik Zakarian of France disposes of Mona Frederick in 40 seconds of the first round via a triangle choke in MMA action in Germany.
HyeFighter Karakhanyan Stopped at Bellator 37
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan’s fight at Bellator 37 against Patricio “Pitbull” Freire did not turn out the way we had all hoped. Georgi was stopped via TKO in the 3rd round after getting caught with a left hook from Friere who immediately went to ground and pound mode until the referee stopped the fight.
We spoke with [...]
2011 February – Fight Sumary
HyeFighters amass a 75% win factor in the month of February 2011 with 6 WINS and only 2 LOSSES!!!
2011 January – Fight Results Summary
January 2011 (3 Wins, 1 Loss) 75% Win
2010 December – Fight Results Summary
December 2010 (9 Wins, 5 Losses) 65% Win
2010 November – Fight Results Summary
November 2010 (8 Wins, 5 Losses) 62% Win
Watson Scores Controversial Decision Over HyeFighter Chivitchian
In a battle of TUF season 12 lightweight competitors, Kyle Watson earned a highly debatable unanimous decision over HyeFighter Sako Chivitchian. Chivitchian put constant pressure on Watson and never let the Team GSP fighter get his jiujitsu going on the ground. But apparently Watson landed the cleaner punches and the judges saw it in his [...]
HyeFighters WIN in K1 and MMA in Armenia
HyeFighters Gor Harutunian of France (MMA) and Vardan Mnatsakanyan of Spain (K1) both emerge victorious in their title matches at the PROFC Tournament in Armenia which was hosted by the ArmFighting federation of Armenia.
HyeFighter Gor Harutunian won his match against Russian fighter Mikhail Malyutin to capture the first PROFC Lightweight World Championship.
HyeFighter Vardan Mnatsakanyan of [...]
2010 October – Fight Results Summary
October 2010 (15 Wins, 3 Losses, 1 Draw) 79% Win
2010 September – Fight Results Summary
September 2010 (6 Wins 6 Losses) 50% Win
HyeFighter Gamburyan Comes Up Short Against Aldo
HyeFighter Gamburyan started off strong with a big right hand, but Aldo looked to get his timing down, while the challenger looked to get to work quickly. Two minutes into the fight, and Aldo seemed content to display his patience. The fans, however, were not thrilled, pleading for some action. In fact, Aldo’s attack [...]
HyeFighter Mousasi Wins the Dream Light HeavyWeight Championship
Gegard Mousasi is the former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion and former Dream middleweight champion, and now he’s the current Dream light heavyweight champion, beating Tatsuya Mizuno at Dream 16 to win his second title in Japan’s top MMA promotion.
Although Mizuno held his own on the ground at times, it was a relatively [...]
HyeFighter Jared Papazian Wins 5th In A Row
HyeFighter Jared “The Jackhammer” Papazian wins his fifth fight in a row defeating Kana Hyatt at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles via Unanimous Decision.
HyeFighter Darabedyan Can’t Secure the W
MMA: Darabedyan takes third straight upset loss in dropping close decision to Straus.
By Grant Gordon, via GlendaleNewsPress.com
GLENDALE — Karen Darabedyan’s recent misfortunes in the cage followed him to Texas on Saturday night.
The Glendale High graduate dropped his third consecutive fight, losing to Daniel Straus at Shark Fights 13 at the Amarillo Civic Center in Amarillo, [...]
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan Wins at Bellator 28
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan got back on the winning track after winning a hard fought Unanimous Decision over tough opponenet Anthony Leone at the Bellator 28 fights in New Orleans LA.
Fighters touch gloves and Georgi through out a left and a low kick to start. Leone comes back with a wilder one two and clinches with [...]
2010 July – Fight Results Summary
July 2010 (10 Wins 4 Losses 1 Draws) 67% Win
HyeFighters go 2 for 2 at The Palladium
HyeFighters Haik Tsaturyan and Jared Papzian both get wins at Respect In The Cage’s World War 3 MMA event at the Hollywood Palladium on Staurday night July 24, 2010.
In his second professional fight, Tsaturyan had a rematch with Chris Wolf and the outcome was the same as in his debut. A unanimous decision win. The [...]
HyeFighter Parisyan Picks Up Win In Australia
In what was intended to be the evening’s co-feature, HyeFighter Karo Parisyan returned to action for the first time since January 2009 and recorded a tougher-than-expected second-round submission win over tougher-than-expected local Ben Mortimer in what was actually the evening’s first fight.
“This was my first fight that I was away from my family, [...]
HyeFighter Mousasi Wins in 31 Seconds of Round 1
It didn’t take long for HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi to get back to his winning ways. 31 seconds in the first round was all it took. Below is a play by play of what happened:
Round 1: O’Brien immediately shoots and Mousasi sprawls. O’Brien grabs one leg and continues to work for the finish. Mousasi grabs [...]
2010 June – Fight Result Summary
June 2010 (9 Wins 4 Losses 2 Draws) 60% Win
HyeFighter Gor Harutunian’s loss changed to a DRAW
HyeFighter Gor Harutunian loss to David Baron at the 100%-Fight promotion in France on June 19th was such a horrible decision that it has been over turned and declared a draw.
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HyeFighter Araik Margarian Wins in 11 Seconds
It did not take long for HyeFighter Araik Margarian to secure a win on Saturday night at the 100% Fight promotion in Aubervilliers, France on June 19th.
Araik needed only 11 SECONDS to knock out his opponent Walid Seghir with a kick to the head.
HyeFighter Gor Harutunian Loses A Very Close Decision
HyeFighter Gor Harutunian loses a very close decision to David Baron at the 100%-Fight promotion in France.
HyeFighter Karen Darabedyan Can’t Get the Win at WEC 49
HyeFighter Karen Darabedyan was caught with an armbar from William Kerr at WEC 49 and forced to submit at the 1:20 mark of round 1.
The play by play of the fight is below:
Darabedyan and Kerr clinch up after a brief exchange. Darabedyan gets the takedown but is in trouble when Kerr uses the cage to [...]
HyeFighters Win At the Palladium
HyeFighters Roman Mitichyan and Artur Bernetsyan came away with hard fought wins at the Hollywood Palladium on Saturday night June 12th, 2010.
HyeFighter Lightweight Art Bernetsyan (3-0) won a four round unanimous decision over wild-swinging Ramon Flores (3-7-1, 1 KO). Although Flores landed the occasional wild hook or cross, the more-polished Bernetsyan controlled the action. All [...]
HyeFighter Papazian Gets His Redemption
HyeFighter Jarred Papazian’s last fight of 2009 ended in a draw against Ryan Bastianelli. Six months later, Jared was given the opportunity for a rematch against Ryan, which he took with no hesitation.
Friday night, June 4th 2010, Jared walked into the cage at Chumash Casino and made sure the outcome of this rematch would not [...]
2010 May – Fight Result Summary
May 2010 (9 Wins 6 Losses) 60% Win
HyeFighter Karen Grigoryan Loses a Close One
In the Lightweight semi-finals Alexander Sarnavsky defeated HyeFighter Karen Grigoryan via split decision in a very close fight.
HyeFighter Karakhanyan Loses Decision
In the evening’s first televised contest former Olympic wrestler Joe Warren displayed the value of a grappling base as his non-stop takedown attack allowed him to earn a victory over Georgi Karakhanyan on the judges’ cards.
Despite Warren’s control of the positioning, it was Karakhanyan who routinely threatened from the bottom. Guillotine chokes, knee-bars, arm-bars – [...]
HyeFighter Grigor Aschugbabjan Loses in Poland
Poland – HyeFighter Grigor Aschugbabjan loses his MMA match in Poland against Daniel Tabera via majority decision. The fight was very close and some in attendance disagreed with the decision.
HyeFighters go four for five at Rage event
Bernetsyan, three others grab victory at Thursday’s King of West card; Avagyan falls in fight of the night.
By Grant Gordon from Glendale News Press
HOLLYWOOD, MAY 6, 2010 — Taking the latest step in what’s quickly becoming a promising career, Glendale boxer Artur Bernetsyan remained undefeated with a dominant knockout win late Thursday night as one [...]
HyeFighters go 4 for 5 at King Of The West’s Rage Against The Ropes Event in Hollywood
What a night it was for the debut of King Of The West promotions’ “Rage Against The Ropes” event in Hollywood CA. The show had BOTH boxing and MMA bouts attended by a sold out crowd who saw 4 out of the 5 HyeFighters win:
Haik Tsaturyan won his professional MMA debut via Unanimous Decision.
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HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan KO’s ex Champ Brown
For as long as HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan has been competing professionally, fans and fellow fighters have raved about his judo skills, explosive takedowns and freakish strength. But following his first-round destruction of former WEC featherweight champ Mike Brown, Gamburyan should now get some additional kudos for his striking.
Leading up to the fight – one in [...]
5 HyeFighters on the SAME CARD
For the first time EVER, Armenian boxers and MMA fighters will be featured on the same card. King of the West Promotion’s first event “Rage Against the Ropes” will feature 5 HyeFighters. This event will be held at the Circus Disco located on 6655 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood CA. and will have a total [...]
HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi Loses to Mo
Muhammed Lawal (7-0) won a five-round unanimous decision over HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi (28-3-1) for the Strikeforce light heavyweight title in Nashville Saturday night by scores of 49-45 on all three judges’ scorecards.
The former champion, Mousasi, never lost control of the fight. Mousasi countered with damaging punches to Lawal but the judges all scored [...]
HyeFighter Gor Harutunian Wins at PFC2 In France
HyeFighter Gor Harutunian Wins at PFC2 In France in strong fashion via triangle choke.
HyeFighter Gevork Chilalyan Loses via DQ
HyeFighter Gevork Chilalyan’s professional MMA debut resulted in a loss via disqualification.
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan KO’s Quach
Bellator XIII: Bao Quach vs. Georgi Karakhanyan
The opening tournament bout of Bellator’s second season ended in dramatic fashion as explosive featherweight Georgi Karakhanyan delivered the season’s first highlight-reel finish.
Opponent Bao Quach began the fight in fine fashion, dropping Karakhanyan with a right hand early and earning two takedowns in later action. But Karakhanyan remained [...]
HyeFighter Jared Papazian Wins in Rematch
Losing to Shad Smith a little over a month ago did not sit well with Jared. as a matter of fact, it made him mad. He took his anger and was able to focus it in improving himself and waiting for his chance to redeem himself. The opportunity presented itself on the [...]
HyeFighter Darabedyan Loses via Submission
Kevin Mulhall is the referee for the main card opener. Thirty seconds pass without the fighters touching. Both feinting. Palaszewski lands a kick to the leg. HyeFighter Darabedyan backs him into the cage and lights him up with lefts and rights before dumping him to the canvas. Palaszewski moves to his closed guard. Palaszewski climbs [...]
Magakian Looses At Respect In The Cage II
By Grant Gordon – Glendale News Pess
In the world of mixed martial arts, anything can happen.
It’s a reality that HyeFighter Sevak Magakian is well aware of and it’s why he was in positive spirits less than 24 hours after he suffered a defeat in the main event at Respect in the Cage II at Fox [...]
HyeFighters Make an Impression at WEC 44
By Grant Gordon / Glendale News Press
Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:35 AM PST
LAS VEGAS — It took Karen Darabedyan 15 minutes to introduce himself to the mixed martial arts world.
After three rounds of mostly toe-to-toe battle with former World Extreme Cagefighting lightweight champion “Razor” Rob McCullough, Darabedyan emerged victorious with a split-decision victory [...]
HyeFighters Manny Gamburyan & Karen Darabedyan Both WIN at WEC 44
Aldo’s first title challenger may have been determined in the night’s co-feature.
picture courtesy of:Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
From the moment “The Ultimate Fighter 5″ runner-up HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan made his move from the UFC to WEC, fellow octagon vet Leonard Garcia appeared an obvious opponent.
And as both fighters continued moving up the featherweight ladder and into title contention, [...]
HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi TKO’s Sokoudjou in the 2nd
HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi was tested by an equally athletic Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou until the Strikeforce light heavyweight champion scored a technical knockout 3:43 into the second round of their three-round, non-title contest.
Mousasi peppered Sokoudjou early with mostly deflected jabs and high kicks, until Sokoudjou cried foul and grabbed his groin from an inside kick. However, [...]
HyeFighter Harutunian beats Malod – 10/31/09
HyeFighter Gor Harutunian beats Hubert Malod via 1st Round Submission in France
HyeFighter Sako Chivitchyan improves to 4 & 0 – 10/18/09
HyeFighter Sako Chivitchyan beats Sergio Salcido at 1:28 of round one with an armbar submission to remain undefeated at 4 & 0
HyeFighter Jared Papazian WINS via UNANIMOUS DECISION – 10/16/09
HyeFighter Jared Papazian WINS via UNANIMOUS DECISION at the Redemption fights at the Westlake Village Hyatt – 10/16/09
HyeFighter Karen Darabedyan Wins!! 9/12/09 Beats Estevan Payan via KO in ROUND 1
9/12/09 HyeFighter Karen Darabedyan Wins!!
Beats Estevan Payan via KO in ROUND 1
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