Armen Petrosyan

Petrosyan took an RCC middleweight title fight and was submitted by Vladislav Kovalev in round two. It was another reminder that the striking remains dangerous, but his margin for error shrinks quickly once stronger grappling sequences take over.

Key moments

• Lost by neck crank at 3:11 of round two.
• The bout was contested for the RCC middleweight championship.
• It followed a get-right knockout over Igor Svirid two months earlier.

Petrosyan's final UFC appearance ended in a wild, foul-filled fight that Brunno Ferreira eventually turned into a second-round submission.

Key moments

• Lost by triangle armbar at 4:27 of round two.
• Petrosyan was deducted a point in round one for repeated groin strikes.
• The loss completed a three-fight UFC skid, all by stoppage.

Petrosyan got after Magomedov immediately and briefly stunned him, forcing Magomedov to work off his back foot early. Magomedov found his rhythm as the round developed and surged down the stretch. He ended the fight with a double spinning backfist at 4:52 of round two.

Key moments

• Petrosyan got after Magomedov immediately and briefly stunned him, forcing Magomedov to work off his back foot early.
• Magomedov found his rhythm as the round developed and surged down the stretch.
• He ended the fight with a double spinning backfist at 4:52 of round two.

Vieira dragged Petrosyan into the kind of grappling fight he most wanted to avoid and finished him late in the first round with an arm-triangle choke. The result was a sharp reminder that Petrosyan's kickboxing edge could disappear quickly once elite top control entered the picture.

Key moments

• Lost by arm-triangle choke in round one.
• The submission came at 4:48 of the opening frame.
• Started the UFC skid that later extended through Magomedov and Ferreira.

The result showed that when he could hold the fight in striking range, he still had the craft to outpoint dangerous middleweight prospects.

Key moments

• Won a unanimous decision after three rounds.
• Added another UFC win built on controlled kickboxing rather than a finish.
• Followed the A.J. Dobson decision with a second straight victory.

Petrosyan steadied himself after the Borralho loss by beating Dobson over three rounds at UFC 280.

Key moments

• Won a unanimous decision in Abu Dhabi.
• Returned to the win column after the Caio Borralho defeat.
• Showed he could bank rounds cleanly without needing a stoppage.

Borralho used his broader MMA game to hand Petrosyan a unanimous decision loss in Las Vegas. The fight highlighted the core issue Petrosyan kept facing in the UFC: his striking remained dangerous, but more complete middleweights could force him away from his preferred fight shape.

Key moments

• Lost a unanimous decision after three rounds.
• Followed his split-decision win over Gregory Rodrigues.
• Exposed the grappling and control challenges he kept running into at middleweight.

Yousefi caught Petrosyan early and finished him with punches just over a minute into the fight.

Key moments

• Lost by first-round TKO.
• The fight ended at 1:02 of round one.
• Rebounded immediately with the 15-second finish of Zemlyakov.

Petrosyan knocked Minakov out with a body kick in the second round, reinforcing how dangerous his kicking game could be once opponents slowed.

Key moments

• Won by body-kick knockout in round two.
• The finish came at 3:09 of the second frame.
• Added another high-level striking finish to his regional résumé.

Aliskerov pushed Petrosyan into the third round, but Petrosyan still found the stoppage with punches after more than thirteen minutes of work. That kind of deeper finish helped show he was not only a quick-start knockout artist.

Key moments

• Won by TKO in round three.
• The stoppage came at 3:32 of the final frame.
• Showed he could carry his striking threat well beyond the opening round.