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HyeFighter Karo Parisyan Welcomed Back to UFC, Offered Dennis Hallman at UFC 123

Less than a year after Dana White tweeted that Karo Parisyan would never fight again in the UFC, “The Heat” has been welcomed back to the organization and offered a fight against Dennis Hallman at UFC 123 in Auburn Hills, Mich.

HyeFighter Gamburyan Happy Being The Underdog Against Aldo

Source: MMAWeekly
Former UFC lightweight and current number one WEC featherweight contender Manvil Gamburyan recently spoke with MMAWeekly.com about earning a title shot against featherweight destroyer Jose Aldo and on relishing the underdog role he has been cast in against Aldo.
Gamburyan joined the UFC’s lightweight division after a stint on the fifth season of The Ultimate [...]

HyeFighter Vardan Mnatsakanyan Fighting in K1 Tournament in Portugal

HyeFighter Vardan Mnatsakanyan of Spain will be fighting in the WUFC K1 Tournament on September 4th in Viseo Portugal.

Armenian Top Team Opens

Armenian Top Team has officially opened!!!  This elite training camp for professional combat sports athletes has come to fruition as a result of these top athletes training together and helping each other to prepare them for their fights.  The camp is open to any professional boxer, Muay Thai fighter and MMA fighter who would like [...]

Two HyeFighters On The Next Ultimate Fighter Show

Spike TV has announced the cast for this upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter 12, which premieres Sept. 15. – VIDEO BELOW ON BOTTOM OF PAGE:
28 lightweights will compete in a tournament to determine a winner of a six-figure UFC contract. The coaches this season are UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and No. 1 contender [...]

HyeFighter Karen Darabedyan in Action At Shark Fights 13 on September 11th in Texas against Marcus Hicks

The biggest card in Shark Fights history just got some additional starpower.
After already announcing four fights for the Sept. 11′s main card, the Texas-based promotion unveiled a near-complete 10-fight lineup that includes a surprisingly deep preliminary card.
Notable additions include Bellator heavyweight Dave Herman (16-2) vs. Aaron Rosa (14-3), WEC vets Karen Darabedyan (9-3) vs. Marcus [...]

HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan at Bellator 28 on Septemeber 9th in New Orleans

Bellator Fighting Championships continues to add to its roster, signing UFC veteran Alvin Robinson to face Bellator standout HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan. The two will meet in a featherweight feature bout at Bellator 28 on Sept. 9 in New Orleans.
Sources close to the bout on Wednesday confirmed the signing to MMAWeekly.com.
Karakhanyan (13-2-1) is one of Bellator’s [...]

Tickets For HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan’s WEC Championship Fight Available on July 31st

Unbeaten at 3-0 since dropping to featherweight last year, HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan (fighting out of Hollywood, Calif.) stunned many observers in April by knocking out former champion Mike Brown. The win earned the Armenian judo practitioner a shot at Aldo, and more importantly, the opportunity to realize a lifelong dream. With a world title in [...]

HyeFighter Murat Ready For His Turn

Unbeaten HyeFighter sensation Karo Murat (22-0, 13 KOs) from Germany, faces the biggest test of his young careers on September 18 when he travels to Birmingham for a special night of boxing at the LG Arena.
Murat takes on Nathan Cleverly (19-0, 9 KOs) in a WBO light heavyweight title eliminator. “There is so much talent [...]

All 3 HyeFighters Make Weight

All three HyeFighters, Georgi Karakhanyan, Jared Papazian & Haik Tsaturyan make weight for their “Respect In The Cage” MMA fights on Saturday night July 24th at the Hollywood Palladium.

HyeFighter Mousasi vs Mizuno for The DREAM LHW Championship

As expected the Japanese-based DREAM organization returns Sept. 25 for DREAM.16.
The event takes place at Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan, and airs in North America on HDNet.
No fighters have been announced for the card, but as MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) previously reported, both lightweight champ Shinya Aoki and UFC vet Caol Uno are expected to [...]

HyeFighter Abraham Meets German Chancellor

HyeFighter King Arthur Abraham welcomed a special guest on Monday when German Chancellor Angela Merkel stopped by to visit the renowned training facilities in Kienbaum. Hundreds of world-class athletes, including dozens of Olympic gold medal winners and world champions, use the sports center each year to prepare for their events. [...]

HyeFighter Darchinyan Wants Montiel

By Ray Wheatley–World of Boxing
WBC/WBA super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan (35-2-1, 27 KOs) has recently returned from a six week holiday with his wife where they visited Armenia, Russia and Fiji. Darchinyan talked with Fightnews to say he stopped chasing a fight with Nonito Donaire (24-1, 16 KOs) as he knows he will never give [...]

HyeFighter Mousasi Looking to Finish 2010 With 3 More Fights

After a 31-second dispatching of UFC vet Jake O’Brien at this past weekend’s DREAM.15 event, HyeFighter Mousasi is already itching to get back in action.
Three times, in fact.
“I hope to fight (in Strikeforce) in October,” Mousasi recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “I haven’t talked to (Strikeforce CEO) Scott (Coker). I met him in Japan, and [...]

HyeFighter Kentikian Makes Weight

HyeFighter & Champion Suzy Kentikian makes weight for her July 17th title defense against Mexico’s Arely Mucino.
Two days before his title defense, WBO light heavyweight champion Jürgen Brähmer has been forced to pull out of Saturday night’s fight against Alejandro Lakatos due to a back injury. On Thursday afternoon, after a training run and some [...]

HyeFighter Abraham to Fight Froch in Monaco

from FightNews.com
Following weeks of intense negotiations, SHOWTIME Sports® is proud to announce that Hennessy Sports and Sauerland Event—the promotional outlets for world-class super middleweight boxers Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham—have agreed to a location for their fighters’ crucial Super Six World Boxing Classic bout. On Saturday, Oct. 2, in the capital city/state of Monaco, Abraham [...]

HyeFighter Gamburyan vs Aldo – It’s Official

HyeFighters.com sat down with the number 2 ranked 145 lb MMA fighter in the world, Manny Gamburyan as he told us his title fight against WEC Champion Jose Aldo is officially on for WEC 51 on September 30th in Denver Colorado.

HyeFighter Mousasi’s Fight on HDNET Tonight

TOKYO — Former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez will not face Gegard Mousasi in the opening round of the Dream light heavyweight grand prix at Dream 15 on Saturday at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Rodriguez agreed to fill in as a replacement for Jake O’Brien, but Mousasi has instead agreed to face O’Brien, [...]

3 HyeFighters On Same Card

Saturday July 24th will be another one of those unforgettable fight night in Hollywood CA at the Palladium. Not one, not two, but THREE HyeFighters are scheduled to fight at the “Respect In The Cage” MMA fight night.
The three HyeFighters scheduled to fight are, Georgi Karakhanyan, Jared Papazian and Haik Tsaturyan.
If you live in the [...]

Interview With HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi

HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi racked up 15 consecutive victories before fighting with Muhammed Lawal in April. In that fight, Mousasi was taken down repeatedly and subjected to a “lay and prey” tactic that robbed him of his title.  He lost his Strikeforce belt and this will be his first fight after that loss.
At DREAM.15 on [...]

HyeFighter Art “Lion Heart” Hovhannisyan In Action Again

Saturday July 17, 2010 will mark the return of Lion Heart to the boxing ring.  This battle in the desert is bound to be a slugfest for the ages.
Make sure to get your tickets and join HyeFighters and our fans at the Agua Caliente Hotel in Rancho Mirage to cheer on Arttyom!!!!

HyeFighter Karo Parisyan Will Now Take On Ben Mortimer

Impact Fighting Championship (FC) will host it’s first fight in Australia this Saturday 10th July at Brisbane Entertainment Centre for The Uprising 1 event and then will head to Sydney on the 18th July to host The Uprising 2 event at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
Due to a training injury, Luis Dutra Jr will no [...]

Welcome HyeFighter Hovhannes Zhamkochyan

HyeFighters would like to welcome Hovhannes Zhamkochyan to the HyeFighters family!
Hovhannes is a professional boxer with 25 bouts under his belt, 20 wins (11 by KO), 4 losses and 1 draw.  He was born in Echmiadzin, Armenia on January 8th, 1982 and currently fights out of Belgium as a super featherweight (130 lbs).
Hovhannes is currently [...]

HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi vs. Jake O’Brien completes DREAM.15 light-heavyweight grand prix

HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi (28-3-1 MMA, 6-0 DREAM) and Jake O’Brien (13-3 MMA, 0-0 DREAM) have verbally agreed to meet at DREAM.15 in the promotion’s scaled-down light-heavyweight grand prix.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) confirmed the fight Monday morning from sources close to the event, who said that while contracts have not been signed, the bout is expected to be [...]

HyeFighter Abraham vs Froch MAY Take Place in Montreal on September 18

It looks like both the Abraham and Froch camps are still tussling over where the next phase of Showtime’s Super Six tournament will take place. News sources in London as saying the bout is “likely” to take place September 18th in Montreal. However as reported by fightnews.com, the Abraham camp says neither Montreal nor September [...]

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HyeFighter Gevor Off – HyeFighter Kentikian On for July 17

The fight between WBC interim middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik and two-time title challenger HyeFighter Khoren Gevor is off. They were slated to meet on July 17 in Schwerin, Germany. “We needed to have our plans finalized for our promotional partners and Sebastian Zbik hadn’t signed the fight contract on time,” said Universum General Manager Stefan [...]

Pride, Honor and an Undying Fighting Spirit: Armenians in MMA

by Sam Nassar Correspondent for the Bleacher Report:
With a past of oppression and sadness in their history, Armenians have shown themselves to have a fighter’s spirit that will not extinguish.
After near annihilation due to Genocide committed by the Ottoman Turks in 1915, the Armenian population had lost 1.5 million brothers and sisters in the slaughter.
With [...]

Hyefighters.com shines new light on combatants

Glendale’s Araz Araradian’s site has brought notice to Armenian fighters locally and beyond
Just as “Hye Fighter” literally means Armenian fighter, the multi-faceted brand that bears the name has become synonymous with the heartbeat of the Armenian combat sports scene.
When Glendale’s Araz Araradian started HyeFighters.com in 2007, the website’s sole mission was to grow awareness and [...]

HyeFighter ‘Nightmare’ leads off huge month of fights

SIX GLENDALE HYEFIGHTERS SET FOR JUNE BOUTS
Vanes “The Nightmare” Martirosyan will not only be squaring off with “Mean” Joe Greene in the biggest fight of his young career on Saturday night, but the Glendale boxer will also begin quite a stretch of local boxers and mixed martial artists taking to their respective rings and [...]

Interview with HyeFighter Gago Drago

Interview with HyeFighter Gago Drago by Siam Fighting Magazine.

HyeFighter Mousasi scheduled for Dream 15 in July

Japan’s largest mixed martial arts promotion is banking on just about every available big gun in its arsenal for July.
Officials for Fighting and Entertainment today announced a Dream 15 line-up that includes four ranked fighters: lightweight champion Shinya Aoki and contender Tatsuya Kawajiri; heavyweight Alistair Overeem and light-heavyweight HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi. Also scheduled for the [...]

HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi Hoping for King Mo Rematch on New Year’s Eve

HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi, who will likely fight at DREAM.15 in the light heavyweight tournament, expressed an interest in a rematch with Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal during a DREAM press conference Thursday.
An eight-man tournament recently scrapped for May 29′s DREAM.14 has been rescheduled as a four-man competition at DREAM.15. The news was first reported by Sherdog.com. [...]

HyeFighter Gevor back with Universum and Ready to take on Sebastian Zbik

HyeFighter Middleweight contender Khoren Gevor (31-4, 16 KOs) has decided to remain with Universum. “I still have a lot of plans and am convinced that there is no better promoter with which to reach my goals,” said Gevor. “Universum was always a fair and dependable partner for me and has kept always to our agreements. [...]

HyeFighter Karo Parisyan To Fight In Australia on July 10

HyeFighter Karo “The Heat” Parisyan is moving on with his fight career and will appear at Impact FC in Australia on July 10.
Karo has said that he has agreed to fight Brazilian Luis Dutra Jr. on the card Down Under. MMAjunkie.com reported earlier today that the former UFC welterweight’s potential Strikeforce contract fell through.
“I [haven't] [...]

Nataline’s Fashion Legacy 3 Tickets Now on Sale

Hey guys, as many of you know, HyeFighter’s Media Editor, Peter Sark’s sister, Nataline Sarkisyan lost her battle with cancer on December 20, 2007 after her insurance company, Cigna, denied her a liver transplant that her doctors gave 65% chance of survival. She was supposed to pursue a career in Fashion and attend FIDM [...]

Don King Signs HyeFighter Welterweight Prospect Vito Gasparyan

HyeFighter welterweight prospect Vardan “Vito” Gasparyan,11-2-5 (5), who is trained by and fights out of Justin Fortune’s gym, signed with Don King this week to a three-year, four fights minimum contract.
Gasparyan is an all-action fighter who has recently given work to Sergey Dzindiruk and Daniel Dawson as they prepare to fight each other May 14.
“If [...]

Is HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan the Most Dangerous Featherweight in Bellator?

On April 8th, 2010, Georgi Karakhanyan shocked Bellator fans by knocking out the highly skilled Bao Quach, thus advancing to the featherweight semifinals. But will Karakhanyan be able to effectively demonstrate his fighting expertise on the road to current featherweight champ Joe Soto?
For starters, Karakhanyan is 13-1-1. His only loss was by split decision early [...]

HyeFighter Karo Parisyan In Talks With Strikeforce?

According to a report by Ariel Helwani at MMAFighting.com, Karo Parisyan is currently involved in negotiations with Strikeforce and if the two sides can come to an agreement, the HyeFighter judoka could compete for the organization on their June 16 card in Los Angeles.
Parisyan was let go by the UFC in November amidst a firestorm [...]

HyeFighter Fighter Manny Gamburyan Says the “Genocide” Word That President Obama Is Afraid to Say

International politics made a surprise cameo appearance on a major American Mixed Martial Arts event when winner and Armenian born fighter Manuel Gamburyan audibly said the word “genocide” on the Pay Per View broadcast.
Mixed martial artist Manvel “Manny” Gamburyan dared to publicly say the words that President Barack Obama wouldn’t dare to say today — [...]

HyeFighters Celebrate Manny’s WEC 48 Victory

HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan’s WEC 48 KO win over Mike Brown on April 24th was a very memorable day for all HyeFighters and their fans.  About 5 days after this victory, HyeFIghters.com planned a surprise victory party for Manny Gamburyan to show him our appreciation.  Here are some pictures and a video clip from this night:

HyeFighter Vardan Mnatsakanyan in K1 Action

HyeFighter Vardan Mnatsakanyan in K1 action against David Tomas Marti in Spain on Saturday May 1, 2010

HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan Ready For WEC CHamp Jose Aldo

by Steven Marrocco on Apr 30, 2010 at 8:30 pm ET
Nothing would deter Manny Gamburyan.

The WEC featherweight told UFC/WEC matchmaker Joe Silva that WEC 48 opponent Mike Brown would have to put him asleep or break a limb to stop the fight. Short of that, there would be no letup, he said.
Gamburyan (11-4 MMA, 3-0 [...]

Q&Awith HyeFighter Susi Kentikian

Four days after her split decision win over Nadia Raoui, unbeaten WBA/WBO/WIBF female flyweight world champion Susi Kentikian is taking it easy visiting her grandfather Hayk from Los Angeles and enjoying her new pink WBO weomen’s championship belt.
Susi, have you looked at your fight on video yet?
“Yes, that was a very close result. And when [...]

HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan Ranked #2 featherweight in The World

As per Sherdog’s world MMA rankings, our very own Manny Gamburyan has been ranked #2 in the world after his victory on Saturday night April 24th:
From Sherdog:
Featherweight
1. Jose Aldo (17-1)
Aldo’s first WEC title defense against Urijah Faber was supposed to be a test of the well-rounded skills of the young Brazilian dynamo. It wound up [...]

TWO WORLDS COLLIDE: HONOR, STRENGTH, BELIEF

I always find myself pleasantly surprised after an interview. Last week, I sat down with Jerry Hanessian, owner of Cage Alliance apparel, and discussed the numerous steps he took to start his company. What I found most intriguing was the reason why he began Cage Alliance. In order to stand out from the rest, Jerry [...]

HyeFighter Giorgio Petrosyan out of May 29th Fight

COSMO ALEXANDRE to replace HyeFighter GIORGIO PETROSYAN in Amsterdam. Giorgio Petrosyan is out of the May 29 Amsterdam Arena show. Stepping in to take his place against Nieky Holzken will be the It’s Showtime 77kg champion Cosmo Alexandre. *Unfortunately, Giorgio Petrosyan was forced yesterday to cancel his May 29 fight in the Amsterdam Arena against [...]

HyeFighter Karen Darabedyan vs. Will Kerr added to June’s “WEC 49: Varner vs. Shalorus”

by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Apr 26, 2010 at 5:15 pm ET
With the WEC’s first pay-per-view event now in the books, the organization has shifted its attention toward its return to Versus in June.
The newest addition to the recently announced “WEC 49: Varner vs. Shalorus” event is a lightweight feature between Karen Darabedyan (9-2 MMA, 1-1 [...]

Behind the HyeFighter – Georgi Karakhanyan

From Fight Hub TV:
With a highlight KO win over Bao Quach at Bellator 13, Georgi Karakhanyan certainly got the attention of every competitor in the Bellator Featherweight tournament. It was a explosive start to Bellator’s second season as Karakhanyan joined the likes of Toby Imada, Yahir Reyes and Nick Pace to mark his place in [...]

HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi: “I Will Finish Him”

HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi has never faced an opponent like Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal before. Lawal is one of the hottest prospects in the sport, but he’s already one of its most colorful entertainers. He specializes in trash talking, in making outlandish claims in an effort to draw attention and get inside his opponent’s head. But [...]

Welcome to the HyeFighters: Eric Bradley

HyeFighters would like to welcome MMA fighter Eric Bradley to our family.
(Fundeklian on mother’s side)
MMA RECORD: 4-1 (3-0 at 170 lbs)
CREDENTIALS: Brazilian Jiujitsu PURPLE Belt under John Lewis
COLLEGE – Penn State University (State College, PA)
2x NCAA DIV I Wrestling All-American
- Senior Yr – Ranked #1 in the Country
2x BIG TEN Wrestling Conference Champion

Hear me [...]

2 HyeFighters on the Same Card

On may 29th 3 HyeFighter warriors, Giorgio Petrosyan, Gago Drago and Atty Gol(Sarkis Antranik Gol) will put their talents on display at the Amsterdam Arena against the best fighters of the Netherlands.
COSMO ALEXANDRE to replace GIORGIO PETROSYAN
in Amsterdam. Giorgio Petrosyan is out of the May 29 Amsterdam Arena show. Stepping in to take his place [...]

HyeFighter Gapo Tolmajyan Makes Weight

HyeFighter Gapo Tolmajyan and Jose Morales 6(1)-1(0)-0 both make weight for their clash at Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California, on Saturday April 10th.

HyeFighter Gapo Tolmajyan on ESPN2

HyeFighter Gapo Tolmajyan will be fighting against Jose Morales 6(1)-1(0)-0 at Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California, on Saturday April 10th.

HyeFighter Georgi Makes Weight

Georgi “Insane” Karakhanyan has made weight for his Bellator fight on Thursday night April 8th against Bao Quach.  Georgi called HyeFighters to tell us he is in great shape and feeling great.  He wanted to send out a special thanks to all who have supported him and has promissed to fight like a champion tomorrow [...]

Charity Poker Tournament Sunday April 11, @2pm

AIF will hold its 1st Annual Charity Poker Tournament and all proceeds from the Tournament will go to our school in Yerevan, Armenia.
EVENT: No limit Texas Hold-Em. Buy in $105 ($2,000 chips)
REBUYS: Unlimited re-buys during 1st round. $60 & $120
ADD ON: 1 Add-on at end of first round. $60=$1,500 chips, $100= $3,000 chips
Early-bird purchase will [...]

Lawal, Mousasi Wage Mental Warfare Heading into April 17 Bout

by Loretta Hunt (lhunt@sherdog.com) from Sherdog.com

The subtle mental games playing out between Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal and Strikeforce champion Gegard Mousasi are providing an intriguing lead-up into their light heavyweight championship clash at Strikeforce “Nashville” on April 17 in Nashville, Tenn.
Lawal, a 2005 U.S. world team member in freestyle [...]

Gegard Mousasi, Just one of the Guys

What a night it was for me! I had been anticipating the arrival of Gegard Mousasi, current Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion, for weeks. I finally got the opportunity to watch him train at the Glendale Fighting Club, and it was very exciting!!!
I arrived at GFC around 7:00pm on Thursday night, looking forward to watch Gegard [...]