20 Facts About Eduard Vartanyan

Eduard Vartanyan was born on June 11,1991 and is a Russian mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight division of the Absolute Championship Akhmat.

Eduard Vartanyan was born on June 11,1991 in Yerevan to an Armenian father and a Russian mother.

At an early age, Eduard moved to Moscow with his family.

Eduard Vartanyan is the host of the popular podcast about mixed martial arts called "Fight Show".

Eduard Vartanyan began playing the sport in his second year of college at age 17, enrolling in a combat sambo class.

Also, Eduard Vartanyan was engaged in Thai boxing, winning the Moscow and the Russian championships in 2009.

Eduard Vartanyan had his first professional fight in mixed martial arts at the Vale Tudo 2 tournament, being submitted by Alim Kokov in the first round.

Eduard Vartanyan would take a year break, before returning at the VMAU - Headhunting tournament defeating Tarverdi Tarverdiev in the 1st round.

Eduard Vartanyan had his fourth fight with Sergey Khandozhko at the Legend 1 fight show, defeating him by technical knockout.

Eduard Vartanyan entered the Coliseum FC Welterweight tournament, facing Benjamin Brinza in the Quarter-finals, defeating him via unanimous decision.

Eduard Vartanyan's next fight is with Artyom Spichak, winning him by knockout in the first round at the Sparta Legacy tournament, followed by a armbar submission in the first round of Anatoly Angelovsky.

Eduard Vartanyan fought his next fight on December 22,2015 as part of ACB 27 against Magomedrasul Khasbulaev, defeating him by unanimous decision.

Eduard Vartanyan was finished via TKO stoppage in the first torund.

Functionally, Eduard Vartanyan was not one hundred percent ready for the fight, therefore, as he himself admitted in an interview.

Eduard Vartanyan quickly "played back" - in bouts against Brazilian Marcio Breno Rodriguez Braga at ACB 41 which he won via third round TKO and a close bout against Alexander Shabliy at ACB 49, which he managed to win via split decision.

Eduard Vartanyan fought his last contractual fight in the ACA promotion on September 5,2020, defeating Mukhamed Kokov by unanimous decision at the ACA 110 tournament in the co-main fight of the evening in Moscow.

Eduard Vartanyan's debut fight took place on May 28,2021 in Moscow in the main fight of the Open Fighting Championship 4 tournament against the Brazilian fighter Michel Silva.

Eduard Vartanyan returned to ACA, entering the 2022 ACA Lightweight Grand Prix with his first opponent supposed to be Luis Pena on May 21,2022 at ACA 139.

Eduard Vartanyan submitted his opponent in the third round via guillotine choke, advancing to the next round.

Eduard Vartanyan was able to nullify the wrestling of Reznikov, punishing him on the feet concluding in a TKO stoppage in the third round and winning the Grand Prix and the cash prize.