44 Facts About Giorgio Petrosyan

Gevorg "Giorgio" Petrosyan is an Armenian-Italian kickboxer who competes in the middleweight division.

Giorgio Petrosyan persisted and eventually started his training under Alfio Romanut at the Satori Gladiatorium Nemesis gym and had his first fight at the age of sixteen.

Giorgio Petrosyan continues to reside in Gorizia in Northern Italy and worked as a bricklayer early in his career.

Giorgio Petrosyan turned professional shortly after and would compete almost exclusively under Muay Thai rules for the next five years.

Giorgio Petrosyan fought to a draw with three-time Lumpinee Stadium champion Pinsinchai in Bologna, Italy on April 10,2005, but soon returned to the win column and defeated Olivier Tchetche by second round technical knockout in a WMC Intercontinental Welterweight Championship match in Nova Gorica, Slovenia on June 25,2005.

Giorgio Petrosyan then made the journey to Thailand to train, visiting the WMC Samui Gym in Ko Samui and Tor.

Giorgio Petrosyan stopped Thai fighter Petch with a low kick in round three at Phetch Buncha Samui Stadium in Ko Samui in February 2006 before returning to Italy to compete in the Italian Extreme IV four-man tournament in Modena on April 1,2006, which he ran through, finishing both opponents in the first round.

Giorgio Petrosyan floored Richard Barnhill with a left hook before putting him away with a low kick in the semi-finals and gave an almost identical performance in the final when he dispatched Roel Rink with a leg kick shortly after knocking him down with a right hook.

Giorgio Petrosyan took a unanimous decision win against Cedric Muller in the quarter-finals and TKO'd Frane Radnic in the semis, knocking him down twice in round one with a left cross to the solar plexus, before beating Marco Pique via another unanimous decision in the final.

Giorgio Petrosyan fought at the historic Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand for the first time on January 23,2007, where he was handed the first loss of his career, dropping a decision to Nonthanan Por.

The drink given to Giorgio Petrosyan caused him to have stomach cramps and made it very difficult for him to fight, though he decided to go through with it anyway.

Giorgio Petrosyan was able to bounce back from this loss by recording back-to-back wins, a third-round TKO of Sadio Cissoko on March 17,2007, and a unanimous decision over Arslan Magomedov on April 14,2007, at K-1 Italy Oktagon 2007, both fights taking place in Milan, Italy.

Giorgio Petrosyan then went on to defeat Abdallah Mabel twice within two months in his next couple of fights, decisioning him in Padua on May 26,2007, and then TKOing him in Trieste on July 27,2007.

In early 2008, Giorgio Petrosyan made the transition to Oriental rules kickboxing when he signed with the It's Showtime organization, making his promotional debut with a unanimous decision victory over Luis Reis at Balans: It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy Final 2008 in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands on March 15,2008.

Giorgio Petrosyan took the World Kickboxing Network Intercontinental Welterweight Oriental Championship on January 31,2009, when he stopped David Javakhia with a liver kick inside the opening stanza in Turin, Italy.

Giorgio Petrosyan defeated him soundly, winning a unanimous decision and qualifying for the round of four three months later.

Giorgio Petrosyan was still visibly hurt and Petrosyan swarmed to knock him out with a right hook seconds later.

Giorgio Petrosyan dominated all three rounds, and dropped Souwer with a knee to the body in the second, en route to a unanimous decision victory, clinching the coveted K-1 World MAX Tournament Championship.

Giorgio Petrosyan instead returned to the ring on January 30,2010, defending his WKN intercontinental title against Mohamed Diaby in Turin.

Against Mike Zambidis in the semis, while the short Greek aggressively pursued him around the ring with leaping hooks and haymakers, Giorgio Petrosyan evaded and further countered him with punches and step knees en route to another UD victory.

Just as in the 2009 K-1 MAX Tournament, Giorgio Petrosyan broke his hand for the third time during the 2010 edition.

Giorgio Petrosyan then defeated Cosmo Alexandre by UD at the Fight Code: Dragon Series 2011 - Round 2 in Milan on March 12,2013.

Giorgio Petrosyan was set to take part but his broken hand forced him to withdraw and he was replaced by Robin van Roosmalen who went on to win the competition.

In January 2012, Giorgio Petrosyan terminated his contract with It's Showtime, which acted as his management team as well as his promoter, due to them not being able to secure the money he was owed by K-1 for winning the 2010 K-1 World MAX tournament.

Giorgio Petrosyan signed with the newly founded Glory organization a week after the Kyshenko fight and was immediately entered into the forthcoming Glory 2012 Lightweight Slam tournament.

At the Lightweight Slam's opening round at Glory 1: Stockholm on May 26,2012, Giorgio Petrosyan was drawn against Fabio Pinca in a rematch eight years in the making.

Giorgio Petrosyan went to work from the beginning, attacking his opponent.

Giorgio Petrosyan's elusiveness was on display as he ducked and weaved out of the way of Pinca's punches and answered with a counter strike every time before winning a unanimous decision to advance to the round of eight.

Giorgio Petrosyan then beat Davit Kiria by unanimous decision in the semis and, in the final, faced Robin van Roosmalen in a highly anticipated showdown.

Giorgio Petrosyan was able to nullify the hard-punching Dutchman by using rangy jabs and lead teep kicks to control the distance while landing power combos at will and took the unanimous points victory to win the third major tournament of his career.

Giorgio Petrosyan was unable to find his rhythm due to the Surinamese fighter's pressure but nonetheless remained in control for the first two rounds of the match.

However, Risco withdrew due to injury and Giorgio Petrosyan instead fought Chris Ngimbi for the vacant title.

Giorgio Petrosyan won via unanimous decision and became the new ISKA Super Welterweight K-1 World Champion.

On July 14,2018, at Bellator Kickboxing 10 in Rome, Italy, Giorgio Petrosyan defeated Chingiz Allazov by unanimous decision, scoring a knock down in the first round.

Giorgio Petrosyan found himself in the co-main event slot for ONE: Heroes of Honor in Manila, Philippines, squaring off against Lion Fight veteran Jo Nattawut, a bout the Armenian-Italian won with his technical defensive kickboxing expertise via a unanimous decision.

Giorgio Petrosyan successfully defended his ISKA Super Welterweight K-1 Rules World Championship against Japanese kickboxer Atsushi Tamefusa.

Giorgio Petrosyan was expected to return to ONE later that year, having recently being announced as a participant in the upcoming ONE Super Series Kickboxing Featherweight Grand Prix.

Giorgio Petrosyan lost by split decision but the result was reversed to a no contest due to illegal clinching and a rematch was scheduled for ONE Championship: Masters of Destiny.

On July 12,2019, Giorgio Petrosyan defeated Phetmorakot by unanimous decision to advance to the Grand Prix Semi-Finals, where he was scheduled to face Jo Nattawut for a second time.

On October 13,2019, Giorgio Petrosyan defeated Samy Sana by unanimous decision in the Grand Prix Final to become the inaugural ONE Kickboxing Featherweight World Grand Prix Champion, in addition to winning a USD$1 million cash prize.

Giorgio Petrosyan next faced former Glory and Kunlun Fight champion Davit Kiria, who made his ONE debut, at ONE Championship: Fists Of Fury on February 26,2021.

Giorgio Petrosyan was next scheduled to face Superbon Banchamek for the inaugural ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Championship at ONE Championship: First Strike on October 15,2021.

Giorgio Petrosyan was later revealed to have suffered a broken jaw, for which he would undergo surgery to repair.

Giorgio Petrosyan won the fight by TKO in the second round.