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Chaos At The Casino Video Recap
The Chaos At The Casino event put on by Lights Out Promotions was a success on many levels. George Bastrmajyan put on an amazing show that featured 9 HyeFighters and an audience filled with fans and celebrities alike. We feel compelled to let everyone know how hard George worked on this event and want to [...]
Exclusive Interview With HyeFighter Karo Parisyan On His Upcoming Fight
HyeFighter Karo “The Heat” Parisyan gave us an indepth interview about his upcoming fight on March 31st against veteran “The Wildman” Thomas Deny at the WMMA event. In this very candid interview, Karo talks about his training and how he has gone back to his old Judo roots and is now back training again with [...]
HyeFighter Parisyan Back In The Cage On March 31st
HyeFighter Karo “The Heat” Parisyan will be fighting “The Wild Man” Thomas Denny (also a UFC veteran) at the WMMA’s inaugural event at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas on Saturday March 31st.
Stay tuned for an exclusive interview coming very soon.
HyeFighters & Ronda Rosey Getting Ready For Their Fights
Fresh off of his KO win the night before, Azat Hovhanessyan was at the Glendale Fighting Club the next morning supporting his fellow HyeFighters Artyom Hovhannisyan and Gapo Tolmajyan as they were getting ready for their fights. As always, the gym was filled with students and professionals, along with women’s MMA phenom Ronda Rousey who [...]
HyeFighter Mousasi Without Opponent For March 3rd
HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi is without an opponent for his scheduled fight on March 3rd at the Strikeforce Tate vs Rousey event. Mike Kyle has once again pulled out due to an injury.
The status of this fight remains unknown as the promotion is scrambling to find a replacement, but dropping the fight all together has also [...]
HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan At UFC Undisputed 3 Autograph Signing
HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan was at the Burbank CA Best Buy store today signing autographs for the upcoming UFC Undisputed 3 video game, in which he is included as a fighter. HUGE props goes out to Manny as he shared this moment with other HyeFighters Art Hovhannisyan, Gapo Tolmajyan and Edmond Tarverdyan. The HyeFighter family does [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Gegard Mousasi Memorabilia For Sale
We have a limited number of Gegard Mousasi life size cut outs signed by Gegard (as seen below) in BOTH ENGLISH and Armenian available for sale at $300 each. The proceeds raised from the sale of these items will go towards supporting our HyeFighters. If you are interested in purchasing one, please email [...]
Opportunity To Sponsor a HyeFighter
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan has signed an exclusive contract with BELLATOR FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Season 2 which kicks off April 8th, 2010.
Bellator Fighting Championships will broadcast its second and third seasons on FOX Sports Net, NBC, Telemundo and The Score Net TV in Canada through a unique and landscape-altering alliance. Bellator’s first-of-its-kind, tournament-based mixed martial arts (MMA) [...]
HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi To Defend His StrikeForce Light Heavyweight Title Against Muhammed “Mo” Lawal
It’s official: Strikeforce will make its return to CBS on April 17 with three title fights, but no Fedor Emelianenko.
Strikeforce and CBS today confirmed earlier reports of a Nashville card with Dan Henderson vs. Jake Shields as the main event, preceded by HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi and reigning LHW Champion vs. Muhammed Lawal and Shinya Aoki [...]
Serenity Anchors HyeFighter Darabedyan’s Rise
A fighter’s essence can often be summarized in one word. For Karen Darabedyan, “chill” seems most fitting.
No mental switch needs flipping when this maven of mellow steps into the cage. The Californian’s flat-line demeanor stands out because he wears it equally both inside and outside of competition. Unlike many of his peers, the 155-pound WEC [...]
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhnyan To Face Bao Quach on April 8th.
CHICAGO, Ill. (February 23, 2010) – With its first Season 2 event now less than eight weeks away, Bellator Fighting Championships today revealed the Round 1 matchups for its much-anticipated, nationally-televised featherweight tournament.
The four fights will take place during Bellator’s first two Season 2 events on April 8th at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & [...]
HyeFighters Featured in March 30th Issue of Ultimate MMA Magazine
The Hye Fighters Proudly Represent Armenia – from Ultimate MMA by Breanna Armstrong
“You have to have a lot of heart,” says Karen Darabedyan. “We fight with our hearts and leave everything in the cage. I think that is what it means to be a true Hye fighter.”
The WEC fighter is a member the Hye [...]
Exclusive Interview with Manny Gamburyan – WEC 44
HyeFighter Manny Gamburyan speaks exclusively with HyeFighters.com about his fight agains Leonard Garcia at the WEC 44 event as well as his experience fighting with fellow HyeFighter & friend Karen Darabedyan on the same card.
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 [...]
Karo Parisyan Needs Our Support, Not Our Blind Disgust
by Sterling Spiars
As a fan, it’s easy to let your heated emotions take control and cause you to unjustly lash out at an athlete that seems to be squandering his career opportunities. Such is the case for Karo “The Heat” Parisyan.
As you may all know, Parisyan recently pulled out of his UFC 106 bout with [...]
HyeFighter Karo Parisyan Out of UFC 106, Future Uncertain
Karo “The Heat” Parisyan is out of UFC 106 after failing to acquire a license in Nevada, according to Parisyan, due to not having the money to pay his fine from previously being suspended after testing positive for a three different pain killers following his UFC 94 bout with Kim Dong-hyun.
“There’s a lot of problems [...]
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, [...]
HyeFighters Manny Gamburyan & Karen Darabedyan Both Make Weight
The WEC 44 card will have 2 HyeFighters on the main card for Wednesday’s MMA event at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. Manny Gamburyan will be taking on Leonard Garcia in the co-main event and his good friend and fellow HyeFighter Karen Darabedyan will be making his WEC debut against the veteran and [...]
HyeFighter Karo “The Heat” Parisyan (18-5-0, 1 NC) vs. Dustin “McLovin” Hazelett (12-4-0)
by E. Spencer Kyte
Even though Hazelett trains with a solid group of guys and earned his BJJ black belt under Jorge Gurgel, Parisyan gets the easy edge in terms of training by being a member of the Jackson’s Submission Fighting team.
While Aaron Riley may have been on the wrong end of a serious beating on [...]
A Fighting Chance For HyeFIghter Karen Darabedyan
Karen Darabedyan has an opportunity to make a smashing debut on Wednesday in Las Vegas
By Grant Gordon
In the fleeting days leading up to the most monumental night of his life, Karen Darabedyan is nervous, he’s excited and he’s anxious.
But he’s always nervous before a fight he contends.
“I’m the most nervous guy before a fight,” he [...]
HyeFighter Gegard Mousasi Pre-fight Strikeforce Interview
CHICAGO — While some MMA fans and pundits have proclaimed that Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou doesn’t have what it takes to upset Gegard Mousasi on Saturday night, the current Strikeforce light heavyweight champion isn’t buying into that notion. Mousasi clearly remembers Sokoudjou’s past triumphs over Antonio Rogerio Noguiera and Ricardo Arona in PRIDE, and is intent [...]
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
Wrestling workout – HyeFighter Style
Every Friday evening at 5:00 PM at SK Golden boys in North Hollywood, CA, you will find HyeFighter MMA fighters like Manny Gamburyan, Georgi Karakhanyan, Karen Darabedyan, Karo Parisyan, Ando Dermenjyan, Sevak Magakian, Jared Papazian and many many more working out and training in wrestling with other wrestlers. This IS where the HyeFighters go to [...]
HyeFighter Jared Papazian In action at the Westlake Hyatt On October 16, 2009
HyeFighter Jared Papazian In action at the Westlake Hyatt On October 16, 2009.
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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
HyeFighter of the month for August 2009: Gegard Mousasi
ongratulations to Gegard Mousasi for being named the HyeFighter of the month for August 2009 in recognition of his winning the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship by beating Babalu in 1 minute of the FIRST ROUND!!!
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