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HyeFighter Martirosyan Ready For His Title Defense

HyeFighter Vanes “Nightmare” Martirosyan (31-0, 19KOs) is in Texas ready to face Troy “TNT” Lowry (28-11, 17KOs) on the undercard of Top Rank’s “Welcome to the Future” fight card.

HyeFighter Mousasi Fighting Kyle On Strikeforce Event

HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi will be taking on veteran Mike Kyle at the  “Tate vs. Rousey” Showtime-televised event on March 3, 2012, from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
Mousasi is coming off a win against Ovince St Preux on 12/17/11, and Kyle is coming off a win against Marcos Rogerio de Lima on 09/10/11.  To say [...]

HyeFighter Vanes Martirosyan Ready For All Commers

Vanes Martirosyan’s HBO debut was a rousing success. He controlled his 12-round bout with Joe Greene at New York’s Yankee Stadium, handily winning on all three cards. The future was bright for the Top Rank junior middleweight, with many lucrative fights waiting in the wings. That was in 2010.

Three HyeFighters On The Same Card In Spain

Saturday January 28, in Valencia Spain, 3 HyeFighters wil be featured on the same card.
This mix event with Boxing and K1 Style Kickboxing will be headlined by a Kickboxing match between HyeFighter Vardan Mnatsakanyan against Jonathon Fabian.
Roman “Matador” Vardanyan will square off against Victor Segura and Eduard Harutunyan will fight against Guillermo Van Put in [...]

HyeFighter Magakian In Action On The 28th

Former Ultimate fighter cast member, HyeFighter Sevak Magakian is fighting on January 28th against Alex Garcia at the California Fight Syndicate promotion’s event in Santa Monica at the Civic Auditorium.

HyeFighter TPF Champ Karakhanyan To Defend His Belt On March 9th

Featherweight champion HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan has an opponent for his next Tachi Palace Fights title bout.
Georgi Karakhanyan confirmed today withHyeFighters.com (www.HyeFighters.com) that he (17-3-1 MMA, 1-0 TPF) will take on 24-year-old Micah Miller (17-4 MMA, 2-0 TPF), who recently had a short stint on “The Ultimate Fighter 14.”
“TPF 12: Second Coming” takes place March 9 [...]

HyeFighters Petrosyan Brothers MakeWeight For Their Fights In Milan

HyeFighter brothers, Giorgio and Armen Petrosyan both make weight for their Muay Thai fights in Milan Italy on Saturday January 21st.
 

HyeFighter Papazian Makes Weight For His UFC Debut

By: Alec Talian – HyeFighters Contributing Writer:
Everything is looking up for HyeFighter Jared “The Jackhammer” Papazian.   Many are speculating if Papazian will win his debut fight in the UFC on FX tomorrow January 20th against Mike “The hulk” Easton.   Many of Papazian fans say yes, and those for Easton say no, and yet others [...]

HyeFighter Darchinyan To Fight In Japan On April 6th

The Armenian three-division boxing world champion HyeFighter Vic Darchinyan has been given the chance to fight for another bantamweight crown, with an April 6 challenge to Japan’s WBC champion Shinsuke Yamanaka.
The fight is expected to be staged in Tokyo.
Southpaw Yamanaka, 29, (15-0-2, 11 knockouts) will be making the first defense of the title he won [...]

Johnny Hovnanian Memorial Fund Seminar With HyeFighter Shawn Yacoubian

The MUAY THAI KICKBOXING FUNDRAISER SEMINAR is coming up on Jan 28, 2012 !!! HyeFighter Shawn Yacoubian, Peter Cunningham and Ricardo Okane will be teaching at Mark Parra’s House of Champions ! All proceeds will be donated to Johnny Hovnanian’s memorial fund! People of all levels welcome from fighters to beginners. With your $30 minimum [...]

HyeFighter Arthur Abraham’s Fight SOLD OUT In Germany

King Arthur Abraham´s hotly-anticipated ring return has electrified German boxing fans. While a crowd of 1,000 people attended Sunday´s open work-out at the Europapark Rust, all 4,000 tickets for Saturday´s fight against Pablo Farias (19-1, 11 KOs) have been sold. “I am very grateful for the support of the fans,” King Arthur (32-3, 26 KOs) [...]

HyeFighter Papazian Fighting In The UFC

The UFC’s debut on FX is two weeks away, and Mike Easton was looking for a new opponent. King of the Cage Bantamweight champion, HyeFighter Jared Papazian got the call from the UFC and said why not.
Mike Easton was all set to go against Ken Stone. However, that lasted all of about a day. Stone [...]

HyeFighter Documentary

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Two years ago, we started shooting a documentary about the HyeFighters. We wanted to introduce our phenomenal athletes to the Armenian community and gain their on-going support.  Along the way, we were able to get to know a number [...]

Behind The Scene Video From HyeFighter Mousasi’s Strikeforce fight

Check out some of the cool behind the scenes footage of HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi’s trip to San Diego for his Strikeforce fight against OSP.  Thanks to Marlon Bizzo for the footage:
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HyeFighters’ Fathers Interview

Our good friends at Urartu Productions, got this exclusive interview with Mr. Norik Martirosyan and Mr. Ruben Darchinyan, fathers of HyeFighters Vanes Martirosyan and Vic Darchinyan, last week as Vic Darchinyan was preparing for his fight at the Glendale Fighting Club.
Both Mr. Martirosyan and Mr. Darchinyan shared some personal stories about their sons and Vanes [...]

HyeFighter Lemieux Ready For Saturday

HyeFighter & Knockout artist David Lemieux (25-1 24KO) said all the right things Wednesday afternoon as the middleweight put the final touches on his preparations at a public workout session in advance of this Saturday’s local match-up against former world champion Joachim Alcine (32-2-1 19KO) at the Bell Centre in Montreal. There was the talk [...]

HyeFighter Abraham Will Fight Farias On January 14

HyeFighter King Arthur Abraham (32-3, 26 KOs) will make his hotly-anticipated comeback on January 14 when he takes on Argentina´s Pablo Oscar Natalio Farias (19-1, 11 KOs) in Offenburg, Germany. “We are looking forward to seeing Arthur back in the ring,” Team Sauerland General Manager Chris Meyer said. “We have found a tough opponent for [...]

Big Month For HyeFighters

Over the course of the next month, UFC’s Manny Gamburyan, Strikeforce’s Gegard Mousasi and boxers Vic Darchinyan and David Lemieux will be just some of the participants in fights held throughout Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego, Canada, Germany and Spain.

HyeFighter Gamburyan Talks About His Dislike For Nunes

HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan gave us this exclusive interview where he discussed the reasons for his dislike of Diego Nunes, his opponent for the UFC 141 on December 30th of this year.  According to Manny, he is more motivated than ever and this fight will be personal!!!
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Interview With HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan On His Upcoming Title Fight

It was just the end of another training session on Wednesday afternoon, the last hard sparring session of fight camp before the big fight on December 2. The fighter who was in the shark tank was none other than 145lbs. Bellator veteran and top contender for the Tachi Palace Fights featherweight title, “Insane” Georgi Karakhanyan [...]

Great Turnout For HyeFighter Darchinyan’s Open Workout At GFC

What an amazing turnout at the Glendale Fighting Club this morning for HyeFighter Vic Darchinyan’s open workout.
The gym was filled with GFC students, fans, friends, media and well wishers who enjoyed seeing a workout and mitt work by the world champion and were also treated to picture opportunities with the Champ.
Vic was the most humble [...]

HyeFighter Vic Darchinyan To Hold Open Workout

HyeFighter Vic “The Raging Bull” Darchinyan has been getting ready at the Glendale Fighting Club for his upcoming fight on December 3rd against Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno at the Honda Center.  Edmond Tarverdyan, who also trains a number of the HyeFighters like Art Hovhanissyan, Vanes Martirosyan, Manny Gamburyan, Gapo Tolmadjyan and many others, has been working [...]

HyeFighter Karakhanyan Ready For His Title Shot

HyeFighter Georgi “Insane” Karakhanyan is anxiousely waiting for December 2nd so that he can fight for, and win, his first MMA Championship title.  And we, at HyeFighters.com believe this will be the first of many to come for this talented young fighter.
The December 2nd date for HyeFighter Katrakhanyan, will match him against Isaac DeJesus of [...]

HyeFighter Darchinyan Talks About His Upcoming Fight

Two division world champion and current IBO bantamweight champion HyeFighter Vic “The Raging Bull” Darchinyan (37-3-3, 27 KOs) challenges WBA bantamweight super champion Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno (31-1-1, 11 KOs) on December 3 at the Honda Centre in Anaheim California. Darchinyan is aiming to add yet another belt to his impressive career. The big hitting southpaw [...]

Happy Birthday To HyeFighter Art Hovhannisyan

On Thursday night November 17th, HyeFighter Art “Lionheat” Hovhannisyan celebrated his 30th birthday with close friends, family and fellow HyeFighters.
His birthday celebration was attended by follow HyeFighter pugilists like Vic Darchinyan, Vanes Martirosyan, Gapo Tolmajyan, Azat Hovhannissyan, Arman Ovsepyan and Vacho Avagyan. Most of whom have fights coming up within a couple of weeks.  This [...]

Arthur Abraham Back In Action On January 14th

The next fight of former world champion, HyeFighter Arthur Abraham is scheduled for January 14, 2012, in Germany. Abraham is ona mission to get back his Championship Belt. After 2 or 3 qualification fights, he will be eligible to challenge the current champion of the world for the strap.
Outside of the ring, Abraham is very [...]

HyeFighter Haik Petrosian Ready For His Revenge Match

HyeFighter Haik Petrosyan of Spain is ready to take on Fernando Luz on Friday night November 18th in Valencia Spain. Petrosian last fought Luz to a draw in July of this year and is looking for a victory in this, their latest matchup.

Nunes Starts Trash Talking Towards Gamburyan

With the Gamburyan, Nunes fight about a month and a half away, Nunes has started an unprovoked trash talking campaign against his opponent HyeFighter Gamburyan which even crosses racial lines.  Some of the things that he has said are completely off base and simply childish.
When asked about his expectations for the fight, Nunes said “I [...]

HyeFighter Giorgio Petrosyan Finally Back In Action

HyeFighter Georgio Petrosyan is arguably the BEST in the world today. The Armenian fighter and 2 time K1 Max Champion boasts an amazing record of only one defeat in 72 fights.  Petrosyan will be the main attraction at the It’s Showtime event this Saturday in Hall James Martin.
The physical and mental strength of this extraordinary [...]

HyeFighter Vardan Mnatsakanyan To Fight For The WFCA Title

The second edition of the URBAN KO will be held on Saturday November 12 at the municipal sports center in Barakaldo Sesarre at 20:30 h.
The Main Event will be for the WFCA world title in professional kickboxing, where the current European champion, Peter Philip of Portugal will fight against the WUFC world title holder HyeFighter [...]

HyeFighters At Wildcard With Kobe Bryant

Freddy Roache’s Wild Card Boxing Gym has always been a mecca for boxing in the southland.  It is the place where the best of the best come to train.  HyeFighter trainer/coach Edmond Tarverdyan, has been taking his fighters to Wild Card for a while now.  They have sparred with the likes of Manny Pacquao, Jolio [...]

HyeFighter Lemieux Returns To The Ring On December 10th

Montreal middleweight HyeFighter David Lemieux, who has not fought since suffering a shocking upset loss to Marco Antonio Rubio in April, is set to return.

2 HyeFighters On Same MMA Card In Burbank

by MANOUK AKOPYAN
This Saturday, a pair of HyeFighters (MMA) mixed martial artists will enter the cage in Burbank, California in a promotion titled “Valley Invasion.”
Former UFC “The Ultimate Fighter” contender Sevak “The Silverback” Magakian (8-3), who has recovered from a two-year injury, will make his long-awaited return to the cage against Dave Gardner in the [...]

HyeFighter Vanes Martirosyan Going For A KO in OK On Oct 29th.

HyeFighter Vanes Martirosyan speaks with Manouk Akopyan of Yerevan Magazine about his upcoming fight in Oklahoma.

HyeFighter Gamburyan Featured In UFC Undisputed 3 Video Game

HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan will be featured as one of the featherweights in the upcoming UFC Undisputed 3 video game.
Gamburyan started out in the UFC by appearing on the Ultimate Fighter reality series where he went all the way to the finals where he fought against Nate Diaz.  He was wining that fight and on his [...]

HyeFighter Papazian On The Rise

Jared Papazian (14-6) is a name you should remember. Currently the King of the Cage Bantamweight Champion, many consider the hungry young combatant to be the most talented 135er competing outside the UFC.

HyeFighters Wish Sensei Gene LeBell Happy Birthday

HyeFighters would like to wish Sensei Gene LeBell a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
On Monday night a close group of friends and HyeFighters gathered at Gokor’s Hayastan Academy in North Hollywood to wish Sensei Gene LeBell a very happy birthday.  “Judo” Gene, as he is affectionately known, (and who often refers to himself as Gene LeBell-ian in [...]

HyeFighter Sarkisjan vs Doorje in Amsterdam on October 16th

Up and commer HyeFighter Raz Sakisjan will be in action against Pietje Doorie on Sunday the 16th of October at 8:00 PM in Amsterdam.

HyeFighter Karo Murat Makes Weight Title Fight

HyeFighter Karo Murat weighed in at 174.8 today for his IBF Inter-Continental light heavyweight Championship fight against the Spaniard Gabriel Campillo who weighed in at 173.9. Murat gives up 4 inches to the taller Campillo. Both fighters are coming off back to back wins and are eager to leave their marks on this rematch.
Murat and [...]

HyeFighter Gennady Martirosyan Hospitalized

Our thoughts and prayers are with HyeFighter Gennady Martirosyan.  Martirosyan was hospitalized after yesterday’s brutal fight against Dmitry Pirog for suspected internal bleeding in his head.
“These suspicions have not been confirmed, but the doubts remain,” Gennady’s manager, Alexander Yagulov said. “We are staying in the hospital, the doctors say there is improvement, he is conscious. [...]

HyeFighter Martirosyan to Fight Gutierrez Oct. 29 in OK

“The Nightmare’s” fight with Gutierrez (26-7, 16 KOs), is scheduled to be the televised main event on Fox Deportes as part of the Top Rank Live series. Martirosyan is coming off a remarkable seventh round knockout victory over Saul Roman at Staples Center in June. Gutierrez is coming off three straight losses, and is another opponent the 25 year old should easily outpoint.

3 HyeFighters Fighting In Burbank, CA On October 29th

Save the date: October 29, 2011 – 3 HyeFighters on the same card in Burbank CA.
King Of The Cage 135 pound Champion HyeFighter Jared “The Jackhammer” Papazian is the 3rd HyeFighter added to Alberto Crane’s National Fight Alliance MMA Promotion “Valley Invasion” which will take place in Burbank California on October 29th.
Papazian, is coming off [...]

HyeFighter Darchinyan To Fight In LA on December 3rd

HyeFighter Vic “The Raging Bull’ Darchinyan will be back in the Los Angeles are to fight Panamanian Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno (31-1-1, 18 KOs) on December 3rd at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Darchinyan (37-3-1, 27 KOs) will be challenging for Moreno’s “super” version of the WBA bantamweight title. Showtime is going to televise the fight. [...]

HyeFighter Mousasi To Fight Perux On Dec 17

Ovince St. Preux and his management team asked to fight HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi last month, and Mousasi recently said he’d be cool with that. Strikeforce has apparently booked the fight for their yet-unannounced December 17th event, according to a report by MMA Junkie.
OSP has looked quite impressive lately, rattling off five straight wins in Strikeforce [...]

2 HyeFighters Fighting in Burbank On October 29th

Alberto Crane’s National Fight Alliance MMA Promotion will be holding it’s next professional MMA fights in Burbank California on October 29th, and will feature 2 HyeFighters.  Headlining the show will be UFC veterna HyeFighter Sevak Magakian and Haik Tsaturyan will also be featured on the card.
Come out and support our HyeFighters!!!!

Location: Burbank Marriott Convention Center
Time: [...]

Interview With HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi

Gegard Mousasi learned a lesson in his April draw against Keith Jardine, and he applied it in his July win over Hiroshi Izumi.

HyeFighter Papazian Ready For Title Defense Tonight

King of the Cage, Inc. and Magnaflow Exhaust products present “First Defense”. The professional MMA card will be held at San Manuel Casino on Thursday, September 15th at 7:30PM. Fans can attend the official weigh-ins the night prior at 7:30pm in the Tukut Lounge.
MMA fans are in for a treat, as newly crowned champion, HyeFighter [...]

HyeFighter Karakhanyan to Fight for The Vacant Tachi 145 Belt on Dec. 2

With recently crowned Tachi Palace Fights featherweight champion Eddie Yagin UFC-bound, officials from the Californian promotion revealed Monday that Bellator veteran and HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan will take on former champ Isaac DeJesus for the now-vacant 145-pound strap.
“It took some time and a lot of work, but we are very happy with this fight,” Tachi Palace [...]

HyeFighter Martirosyan Explains Decision To Pass On Angulo

Team Martirosyan would like to offer an explanation as to why an offer to face Alfredo Angulo was rejected. While it is always an honor to fight on HBO and to face a great fighter such as Angulo, the circumstances have to be right.
Serge Martirosyan, who is both Vanes’ uncle and manager stated, “Both Angulo [...]

HyeFighter Papazian Ready For His First Title Defense

There weren’t many who thought HyeFighter Jared Papazian (13-6) would win when he stepped into the cage this past June and challenged then champion Abel Cullum (18-5) for the King of the Cage Flyweight Championship. But while Papazian walked in as the underdog he walked out with title gold and the gratification of knowing that [...]

HyeFighter Mousasi Talks About the UFC and Getting His Strikeforce Title Back

HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi says he’s “definitely” intrigued by the possibility of a move to the UFC, but he also plans on getting his Strikeforce light heavyweight title back first.
“If you’re the Strikeforce champion, then you have a lot more possibilities,” Mousasi said on the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Beatdown” show. “I still have a contract with [...]

HyeFighter Parisyan Ready To Battle In Rio

It’s been a long road for HyeFighter Karo Parisyan. After public battles with anxiety and pain killer addiction the judoka says he’s finally escaped the demons that once crippled him. As he readies for a bout against Jordan Smith at Amazon Forest Combat, Parisyan spoke to MMA Nation about his past, present, and what he [...]

HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi Slated for Dec 17th Fight in The US

Former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi (31-3-2 MMA, 2-1 SF) is again returning to the states in hopes of leaving under better circumstances this time around.
The Armenian fighter has been targeted to fight on an as-yet-unannounced Strikeforce card set for Dec. 17, a source close to the fighter confirmed to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). An [...]

HyeFighters Make Weight in Armenia – Darchinyan Ready

All 5 HyeFighters, Vic Darchinyan, Agnesse Boza, Azat Hovhannesyan, Gabriel Tolmajyan and Hovhannes Zhamkochyan make weight for ther respective matches in Armenia set for Saturday September 3rd.
Azat Hovhannisyan (Armenia) 55kg 30gr vs Sergei Pasimov (Lithuania) 55kg 25gr.
4-rounds
Gabriel Tolmajian (Glendale, CA via Armenia) 60kg 800gr vs  Yevgeni Fedorov (Estonia) 60kg 100gr.
8-rouns
Hovhannes Zhamkochyan (Armenia) 60kg 900gr vs [...]

Historic Bout In Armenia – 5 HyeFighters Headlined By Vic Darchinyan

September 3rd, 2011 will the first time a professional boxing match has taken place in Armenia! To make things even more interesting, this event will be headlined by world champion HyeFighter Vic Darchinyan’s fight against Evans Mbamba for the International Boxing Organization bantamweight title.

Injured HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan out of UFC 135 fight with Diego Nunes

An injured shoulder has forced HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan (11-6 MMA, 2-2 UFC) out of next month’s UFC 135 event, the fighter announced via Twitter and confirmed to HyeFighters.com (video coming soon).
His opponent, featherweight Diego Nunes (16-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC), now awaits a replacement.
UFC 135 takes place Sept. 24 at Denver’s Pepsi Center.
“I hurt my shoulder [...]

HyeFighter Karo Parisyan To Fight Against Jordan Smith In Brazil

former-UFC standout HyeFighter Karo “The Heat” Parisyan (19-7) will be returning to the cage on September 14th. “The Heat” will be facing Jordan Smith (15-2-1) at the first event of newly christened promotion, Amazon Forest Combat, in Brazil.
Parisyan was last featured at May’s MMA Live 1 card against Canadian fighter Ryan Ford, where he lost [...]

Exclusive Interview With HyeFighter David Lemieux

One of the fastest rising stars in boxing today is Canadian HyeFighter David Lemieux.  David has been a professional Middleweight boxer since 2007, and since that time he has amassed an incredibly impressive record of 25 Wins with only 1 loss.  The impressiveness of this record lies in the fact that 24 of his 25 [...]

HyeFighter Gor Harutunian On The Rise

Proud Armenian HyeFighter Gor Harutunian already holds a notable title in a foreign promotion at a young age. In November, the seven-time French freestyle wrestling champion defeated 26-fight veteran Mikhail Malyutin for the ProFC lightweight crown. The James Schiavo protégé has worked diligently on his boxing and is starting to develop Dan Henderson-like power in [...]

HyeFighter Vardan Mnatsakanyan to fight at World Ultimate Full Contact championship

HyeFighter Vardan Mnatsakanyan has signed a contract to fight for WUFC title at 17th WUFC World Ultimate Full Contact championship’s К-1 tournament on August 27 in Viseu, Portugal.
As Mnatskanyan said, he’ll be fighting Portugal’s Luis Neves, Russia’s Rustam Abakarov and Dagestan’s Magomed Gadzhiev in 63 kg weight category, with the first opponent to be determined [...]

Vic Darchinyan Putting On A Fight In Armenia

YEREVAN. – It is very difficult to hold professional boxing fight. It requires a total of $1 million, approval by the International Federation and agreement by the TV channels, Vic Darchinyan, World IBO champion of super flyweight, told at a press conference. The Armenian boxer held 40 professional fights.
Yerevan will hold “Armenia vs. world” professional [...]

HyeFighter Hovhannisyan Gets His Title Shot

Undefeated HyeFighter Artyom Hovhanissyan (14-0, 8 KO’s ) will face Cristobal Cruz (39-12, 23 KO’s ) on August 5th, at Chumash Casino in CA.
Hovhannisyan is coming off an impressive KO win over highly touted prospect Archir Ray Marquez on June 10th.
The fight is scheduled for 10 rounds for IBF International Title in the Lightweight Division [...]

Armenia vs Iran MMA Fights in Armenia

An 11 fight MMA card featuring Armenian fighters against Iranian fighters will take place in Armenia at the Hamalir Club on July 30th.

HyeFighter Gamburyan To Face Off Against Diego Nunes On UFC 135 In Denver

It’s official, HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan (11-6 MMA, 2-2 UFC) faces Diego Nunes (16-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at UFC 135 which takes place on Sept. 24 at Denver’s Pepsi Center.  A title fight between light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson headlines the pay-per-view main card.
It’s not yet clear if Gamburyan vs Nunes  will factor [...]

HyeFighter Mousasi Ready For Title Defense in Japan

HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi, the Dream light-heavyweight champion, always wants to be exciting, but these days he’ll settle for a victory regardless of its entertainment value.
Mousasi’s first defense of his title belt is scheduled for Sunday at Dream 17 in Tokyo, where he’s slated to face undersized light-heavyweight Hiroshi Izumi (4-1). Though his judo resume includes [...]

HyeFighter Mnatsakanyan In Action On August 13th in Spain

HyeFighter Vardan Mnatsakanyan will be facing off against Ruben Almeida in a kickboxing match on August 13th, 2011 at the Palau D Esports De Benidorm in Spain.

HyeFighters Give Back To The Community At Gokor’s

On Saturday July 8th, 2011 in North Hollywood at Gokor‘s gym, HyeFighters Manny Gamburyan and Karen Darabedyan along with their long time instructor Gokor Chivichyan put on a seminar to help victims of domestic abuse by showing them some self defense techniques.
The event was well attended and even better received by the attendees who very [...]

HyeFighter Martirosyan Looking At Other Fights

Undefeated junior middleweight HyeFighter Vanes “The Nightmare” Martirosyan (30-0, 19KO’s) is looking to secure a major fight this fall. The WBC’s top rated 154-pounder had his sights set on a Mexican Independence Day show down with Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez but that might not come to fruition any time soon. “Canelo and I would [...]

An Interview with GEORGE BASTRMAJYAN

Promoter of Yusaf Mack also branching out into managing
George Bastrmajyan is a promoter and part owner of Lights Out Promotions, a promotional company based in California that represents boxers and muay thai fighters. Just recently, Bastrmajyan’s boxer Yusaf Mack challenged Tavoris Cloud for the IBF light heavyweight title in St. Louis last weekend. [...]

HyeFighter Jared Papazian In Title Fight This Friday

HyeFighter Jared “The Jackhammer” Papazian will get a shot at the King Of The Cage Featherweight Title on Friday June 24th in Oklahoma against Abel Cullum (18-4) of New Mexico in a 145-pound title fight.
Jared has been working and training very hard for this opportunity and will undoubtedly be making us proud.  Friday June 24th [...]

Welcome Raz Sarkisyan To The HyeFighters Family

The talent pool of Armenian Muay Thai fighters and Kickboxers just gets getting better and better!!
It is our pleasure to introduce a very strong up and coming Kickboxer Razmik “Raz” Sarkisyan (Sarkisjan) to our fans.  Raz fights out of the Netherlands and has had a number of Championships and appearances in K1.
We will be following [...]

HyeFighter Giorgio Petrosyan in Action in Japan on July 18th

It’s Showtime will be teaming up with Japanese kickboxing promotion REBELS for an event to be held on July 18th. The news was recently announced on the REBELS official blog and confirmed by Nightmare of Battle.
The event, which will feature both kickboxing and Muay Thai bouts under the banner of both promotions, is set to [...]

HyeFighters Celebrate Vanes’ And Art’s Victories

HyeFighters, family and friends gathered at Phoenicia restaurant in Glendale to celebrate the victories of Boxers Vanes Martirosyan and Artyom Hovhannisyan on Tuesday night.
The jubilant environment set the stage for us fans and friends to show our appreciation of their hard work and celebrate their spectacular results and wish them luck in their quests for [...]

HyeFighter Art Hovhannisyan Makes Weight, Ready For Battle

HyeFighter Art “Lionheart” Hovhannisyan has made weight and is ready for his Friday night fight LIVE on SHOWTIME® (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast). Marquez (12-0, 8 KOs), of Albuquerque, N.M., and Armenian-born Art “Lionheart” Hovhannisyan (13-0, 7 KOs), of Glendale, Calif., will clash in an eight-round battle of unbeaten [...]

HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi Set To Face Izumi at Dream 17 on July 16, 2011

DREAM’s first event of 2011 has announced a host of bouts, including two title fights, for DREAM.17 to be held at Ariake Colosseum on July 16.
In title matches, HyeFighter light heavyweight, former DREAM middleweight champion and reigning DREAM light heavyweight Champion Gegard Mousasi is set to defend his strap against Olympic silver medalist judoka Hiroshi [...]

HyeFighter Karo Parisyan Upset Over TKO Decision

HyeFighter Karo Parisyan speaks to HyeFighters.com about his fight against Ryan Ford in Canada and tells us why he is not satisfied with the outcome.  Karo calls out Ryan Ford and challenges him to a rematch anywhere and anytime.

HyeFighters Wrestling Training

What a training session!!! HyeFighters gathered at SK Golden Boys in North Hollywood CA as they do on every Friday early evening and had a very hard workout session. In attendance this time were, Manny Gamburyan, Gegard Mousasi, Karp Parisyan, Ando Dermenjian, Jared Papazian, Haik Tsaturyan, Roman Mitichyan and 3 time Olympian wrestler for Armenia Martin Berberyan.

HyeFighter Abraham: This fight is everything

HyeFighter Arthur Abraham says he’s well prepared both mentally and physically to defeat reigning WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward LIVE on SHOWTIME at 10PM ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
On being an overwhelming underdog:
This totally makes no difference to me. At the beginning of the tournament [...]

HyeFighter Ovsepyan Fighting On Abraham Undercard

The heater was cranked through the roof at the Goossen Boxing Gym in Van Nuys, Calif. last Saturday as HyeFighter Armen Ovsepyan prepared for his upcoming fight on the Arthur Abraham vs Andre Ward undercard on May 14. Inside the ring, Ovsepyan (10-1, 8 KO’s) brought the sweltering heat himself, training in preparation for his fight against Mexican Arthur Brambila at The Home Depot Center this Saturday.

HyeFighter Darchinyan Responds To Arce Calling Him Out

HyeFighter and Champion
Vic Darchinyan talks about Jorge Arce who challenged him after his victory over Wilfredo Vasquez, Jr., to capture the WBO 122 pound title in Las Vegas on Saturday. “I think Jorge Arce must be crazy. He went and challenged me straight after his win. Does he think I am [...]

HyeFighter Arthur Abraham on His Way To The USA

HyeFighter King Arthur Abraham will travel to the US on Sunday morning after the referee row has been resolved. The former Super Six World Boxing Classic Tournament point leader is set to take on WBA Super-Middleweight Champion Andre Ward in the semi-finals at the Home Depot Center in Carson on May 14. “We are pleased [...]