Venum Victory World Series 4 Results: Armen Petrosyan, Marcus Fisher win

Venum Victory World Series 4 took place this past weekend in Panama City, Panama. The event was organized by Muay Thai Nights promoter Gianni Carriello and featured a main event bout between Armen Petrosyan and Luis Castaneda.

Petrosyan was in control of the fight being a step ahead of Castaneda throughout. Castandeda tried to come to life near the end of the bout, but it was too little too late. Petrosyan gets back on the winning track after dropping his previous fight in a controversial decision.

It was a huge night for Pittsburgh Muay Thai. Marcus Fisher scored the biggest win of his career when he out struck veteran Marco Pique en route to a decision. Fisher used his boxing to stifle Pique and take home the win. 

Ian Alexander won the middleweight tournament by out pointing Mohammed El-Mir to take home a split decision in the tournament semi-final. In the tournament final he went toe-to-toe with Kader El Kamouchi and the bout was declared a draw and would see go an extra round, but El Kamouchi left the ring not agreeing with decision. He was disqualified and Alexander was declared the winner.

In the heavyweight tournament Claudiu Istrate took home the tournament win. He won a decision in the tournament semi-final over Lucas Alsina, and then scored a third round (T)KO in the tournament final over Rafael De Souza.

Results:

Armen Petrosyan def. Luis Castaneda via Unanimous Decision

Marcus Fisher def. Marco Pique via Unanimous Decision

Middleweight Tournament Semi-Finals:

Ian Alexander def. Mohamed El-Mir via Split Decision

Kader El Kamouchi def. Ricardo Cruz via KO in Rd. 2

Middleweight Tournament Final: 

Ian Alexander def Kader El Kamouchi via Disqualification

Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Finals:

Claudiu Istrate def. Lucas Alsina via Unanimous Decision

Rafael Da Souza def. John Granville via Extra Round Decision

Heavyweight Tournament Final:

Claudiu Istrate def. Rafael Da Souza via (T)KO in Rd. 3

Swiss Fight Night 2015 Lugano Fight Card

Swiss Fight Night 2015 Lugano is set for this weekend on September 19th in Lugano, Switzerland. The main event will feature Armen Petrosyan vs. Julian Imeri.

Petrosyan is 3-0 in his 2015 campaign and has won four consecutive fights. He has had a busy few months, he defeated Yasuhiro Kido at Blade FC 2 in August, will fight at this event in September and will be fighting in October at Venum Victory World Series in Panama.

The fight card will also feature a co-main event bout between Giuseppe De Domenico vs. Yasin Chaouki Chloukh. In a one night four man tournament Remus Cretan will face Luca Cozzi and Davide Leoni will fight Hicham Zentari in the tournament semi-finals.

Fight Card:

Armen Petrosyan vs. Julian Imeri

Giuseppe De Domenico vs. Yasin Chaouki Chloukh

Raim Moutaharrik vs. Abadla Sahbi

Silvia La Notte vs. Fanny Ramos

Angelo Leonzio vs. Adrian Blanco

Manuel Alberti vs. Farid Tahiri

Alessio Picone vs. Joan Olaru

81 kgTournament Semi-Finals

Remus Cretan vs. Luca Cozzi

Davide Leoni vs. Hicham Zentari 

Fight Card for Swiss Fight Night 2015

Swiss Fight Night 2015 takes place on on September 19th in Lugano, Switzerland. The event which will feature a main event bout between Armen Petrosyan and Julian Imeri has announced it's full fight card.

Petrosyan is currently on a five fight win streak and will be looking to build on an impressive 2015 campaign where he has yet to lose a fight this year. He has won all four of his fights in 2015.

The event will also feature a four man tournament in the super middleweight division. The bouts for the tournament have yet to be announced, but the four fighters competing in it are Davide Leoni, Hicham Zentari, Remus Cretan, and Luca Cozzi.

Fight Card:

Armen Petrosyan vs. Julian Imeri

Fanny Ramos vs. Silvia La Notte

Guiseppe De Domenico vs. Yasin Chaouki Chloukh

Angelo Leonzio vs. Adrian Blanco

Manuel Alberti vs. Nicoale Bordian

Super Middleweight Tournament Competitors

Davide Leoni

Hicham Zentari 

Remus Cretan

Luca Cozzi

Armen Petrosyan defends ISKA Super Welterweight World Title at Blade FC 2

Blade FC 2 took place this past weekend in Japan and Armen Petrosyan was in action agaisnt Yasuhiro Kido. Petrosyan successfuly defended his ISKA Super Welterweight World Title with a unanimous decision win over Kido. With the win Petrosyan defeated Kido for a second time, the pair had fought earlier this year with Petrosyan winning that bout as well. Petrosyan has now won four consecutive fights and will be in action next on September 19 at Swiss Fight Night against Julian Imeri.

Samo Petje was also in action at Blade FC 2 against Yu Hirono. Petje was able to secure a unanimous decision win over Hirono. 

Results:

Armen Petrosyan def. Yasuhiro Kido via Unanimous Decision

Samo Petje def. Yu Hirono via Unanimous Decision

Armen Petrosyan vs. Julian Imeri set as main event for Swiss Fight Night September 19th

Armen Petrosyan is looking to keep busy. Already scheduled to fight at Blade FC 2 in early August, he has now been confirmed as the main event for Swiss Fight Night on September 19th. He will fight Julian Imeri in the night's main event, which will take place in Lugano, Switzerland.

If Petrosyan could win his fight at Blade FC 2 and at Swiss Fight Night, he will be riding a five fight win streak as well as being 4-0 in 2015.

Fight Card:

Armen Petrosyan vs. Julian Imeri

Armen Petrosyan vs. Yasuhiro Kido set for Blade FC 2 August 1st in Japan

Blade FC 2 is set to take place August 1st at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. The event will feature an 8-man 121 lb (55 kg) tournament as well as a main event bout between Armen Petrosyan and Yasuhiro Kido.

The fight between Petrosyan and Kido is a rematch, the pair fought earlier this year under the Oktagon banner and Petrosyan won a decision in Italy. Petrosyan will be riding a three fight winning streak coming into the bout, something Kido intends to end while avenging his previous loss to Petrosyan.

Petrosyan is best known for being the brother of Kickboxing super star Giorgio Petrosyan, but he also sports an impressive Kickboxing record. He holds notable wins over Dzhabar Askerov, Yoshihiro Sato, and Djime Coulibaly. 

Fight Card:

Armen Petrosyan vs. Yasuhiro Kido

Samo Petje vs. Yu Hirono

Hiromi Amada vs. Koichi

Hinata vs. TBA

Top King World Series set to feature 16 man tournament, includes Buakaw

Top King World Series is a new promotion set to kick off in September. A 16 man tournament will be the primary focus of the promotion. The first event will be in Belarus on September 13th and the second in France, eight fighters will compete at each show. The remaining eight fighters will then compete in China for the third show and then the final four are expected to fight twice in one night in Thailand to crown the tournament winner.

The rules set that will be used is being called TK1. The modified rules allow fighters to grab and knee, but the knees must be strong knees through the middle, knees slapped into the sides will not score. The tournament fights are also expected to be three rounds, with three minutes of action in each round.

The most recognized fighters expected to compete in the tournament are Buakaw Banchamek, Andrei Kulebin, Armen Petrosyan, and Reece McAllister. You can read the list below with the 16 fighters expected to participate in the tournament below. The winner will take home a grand prize of $150,000.

Buakaw Banchamek (Thailand)
Andrei Kulebin (Belarus)
Enriko Kehl (Germany)
Armen Petrosyan (Italy)
Eisa Almda Nezam (Iran)
Warren Stevelmans (Netherlands)
Khayal Dzhaniev (Russia)
Zheng Chunyu (China)
Marat Grigorian (Almenia)
Reece McAllister (England)
Crice Boussoukou (France)
Hicham Chiabi (Morocco)
Vladmir Konsky (Slovakia)
Arman Hambaryan (Belgium)
Marcin Parcheta (Poland)

Dmytro Konstantynov (Ukraine)

Legend 3 Milan Results

Legend 3 took place in Milan, Italy April 5, 2014 with a stacked card. Murthel Groenhart vs. Dzhabar Akerov headlined the event with Groenhart taking a decisive victory over Askerov with a first round KO. Paul Daley would also earn a KO over Alexander Surjko in the 3rd round of his bout, giving the MMA star a redeeming victory with Legend fans, having dropped a unanimous decision to Alexander Yakovlev in Legend 2.

Sittichai Sitsongpeenong continues onto the next of an 8-fight win streak with a unanimous decision win over Mohamed Khamal. Both fighters come from formidable fight records, though Khamal has been much less active as of late, fighting last in 2012 with a victory over Saiyok Pumpanmuang.

The Legend show so far has provided a high-production setting for some of the world's best fighters. The event's target market has so far been Russia and throughout Europe, broadcasting throughout the region.

Results:

Murthel Groenhart def. Dzhabar Askerov via KO in Rd. 1

Sittichai Sitsongpeenong def. Mohamed Khamal via Unanimous Decision

Alim Nabiev def. Armen Petrosyan via Unanimous Decision

Pavel Zhuravlev def. Michal Turynski via Majority Decision

Andy Souwer def. Yuri Bessmertny via Unanimous Decision

Enriko Gogokhia def. Alessandro Campagna via TKO in Rd. 1

Paul Daley def. Alexander Surjko via KO in Rd. 3