Biography
Edward Vartanyan is a talented fighter, speaking in lightweight weight in mixed martial arts and representing the league of ASA. Each new athlete's outlet to the ring becomes a bright event in the world of professional battles. Behind his shoulders - records and victories in national and international championships.Childhood and youth
Vartanyan was born on June 11, 1991 in Yerevan. Parents lived in an inter-ethnic marriage: Father, by nationality, Armenian, married a Russian girl. Soon the family moved to Moscow, where the younger brother of Edward appeared on the world.
At a young age, the future champion did not dream of a sport career, I wanted to become an investigator. Despite the fact that the student did not like to go to school, preferring more to walk on the street, there were four and five in the certificate. Having received secondary education, the young man entered the college, who graduated with a red diploma.
After went to Yaroslavl, where the army service was held in the war-ended defense troops. Returning from the army, he entered the university, where he received a specialty "Information Security Engineer".
Personal life
Once in an interview to the question of heart addies, the fighter, joking, said that his personal life is a gym, and the bride is a pear. Now Edward does not hide what is happy in family weekdays. The champion is married, the spouse gave him three charming daughters.Photo with his wife and heirs often appear in Instagram account, and Vartanyan himself calls himself "Father of the Empress family." Speaking about the development of girls, the fighter noted that the sport would definitely enter the educational system. But the children themselves will choose the type of classes.
Mixed martial arts
In Sport, Eduard led a random street fight. Despite the fact that the guy came out of her the winner, he realized that he would lack courage and decisiveness, as well as technical knowledge in self-defense. Therefore, learning to college on the 2nd year, Vartanyan decided to sign up to the section on combat sambo.
For the first six months of study, the athlete lost all competitions. But this did not upset the young man who wanted to engage exclusively for himself and did not have global tasks. Regular training with time gave results - in 2008, Eduard won the Moscow Championship. In parallel with Sambo, he began to engage in Thai boxing, in this sport he managed to become a winner of the Russian Championship in 2009.
The debut professional fight in mixed martial arts for Vartanyan took place at the Vale Tudo 2 tournament held in Zelenograd in 2011. Then the rival athlete became Russian Tarverdi Tarverdiev. Eduard managed to win already in the 1st round after the use of suffocating reception (triangle).
The next battle took place in 2012 within the framework of Vmau - Headhunting in Vologda. In a fight with Alexander Mikhailov, Vartanyan used a painful reception on his hand (elbow lever), which provided him to conquer the title of VMAU champion in lightweight weight. A year later, the fans of an athlete admired the victory at a meeting with Sergey Handozko at the Moscow show "Legenda-1".
In the same 2013 at the IMMAF tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Eduard struggled with Brazilian Andre de Zood. These were the first Russian comments. Here, applying the technical knockout, the guy has become the owner of the immaf champion title in a featherweight weight. And this is not the last victory of the year in the biography of the fighter: at Legend-2, Vartanyan met with French Florent Betorangall and turned out to be the strongest for the unanimous decision of the judges.
In early 2014, at the Competition "Colosseum" - "New Story - 2" The fighter struggled with German Benjamy Brily, again becoming the best. Later, a successful fight for the athlete with Viktor Chernetsky, Sergey Falem. In June, on Professional Combat Sambo - World Cup, Eduard won the World Cup for Combat Sambo (in the weight category up to 74 kg). Then his rival became Ali Bugov.
Tournament "Heritage Sparta" again made Vartanyan winner: Belorus Artem Speachk turned out to be defeated by knockout in the 1st round. And the pain (elbow lever) helped fight the Ukrainian Anatoly Angelovsky on the Tech-Krep "Battle of Heroes".
In March 2015, the athlete debuted in the ACB League (later ACA) on Absolute Championship Berkut 15. Then Jamal Magomedov spoke in the match against Edward. For the victory in this meeting followed the other on the ACB 20 - Sochi, where the Russian met with Amirkhan Adarev. In October of the same year, the match with Ali Bugov brought Vartanyan the first defeat in a professional career. However, the fighter took himself in his hands and in December was the winner in the battle with Magomedrasul Khasbulaev.
Spring 2016 began for champion from defeat: Abdul-Aziz Abdulwhabov turned out to be stronger and lucky. But Eduard quickly "played" - in matches with Brazilian Marcio Breno Rodriguez Braga and Russian Alexander Shabliem managed to demonstrate his superiority.
In April 2017 on ACB 57 Yan VS. Magomedov in the battle with Alexander Sarnava Vartanyan used a suffocating reception from behind, which provided him with a victory. He won the unanimous decision of the judges at a meeting with Andrei Koshkin. This fight allowed the athlete to get the status of the first in the history of the ACB temporary champion in lightweight weight. And in December, the fighter fighter in the match-revenge gave way to Abdul Aziz Abdulwahabov.
The following year became successful in Eduard career - in November at the ACB 90 Moscow tournament, he defeated the Outdarden Gadzhidudova. In 2019, in battle with an American, Joshua Aveles became the strongest, replenishing the statistics of the 20th victory in mixed martial arts.
Eduard Vartanyan now
In 2020, the athlete continued the competition. In May, he became stronger than Maxim Davydov. The fight in a light weight between Vartanyan and Rashid Magomedov was to be the main event of the ACA 108 tournament, however, Eduard's opponent could not participate in battle for health.In September, a match with Muhamed Kokov took place. According to the results of the battle, the judges unanimously called Eduard winner. However, the Creator of the League of Assa Myarbek Hasiev did not agree with the opinion of the jury and suggested revising the results of the meeting. The Athletic Commission of the League considered the judicial decision justified and left the initial result in force. In the nearest plans, Edward - become a MMA fighter.
Achievements
- 2008 - Moscow champion in combat sambo
- 2009 - Moscow champion in Thai boxing
- 2009 - Russian Championship winner in Thai boxing
- 2012 - VMAU champion in lightweight weight
- 2013 - the IMMAF champion in the height weight
- 2014 - winner of the World Cup in combat sambo
- 2017 - ACB Temporary Champion in Lightweight Weight