The Fighter
Arutyunyan is what happens when a striker falls in love with grappling... and he'll finish you everywhere.
Art’s father put him in kickboxing at 10 years old in Yerevan, Armenia. By the time his family won the lottery to come to America and moved to Glendale, he was 17 with a decade of combat sports behind him.
He walked into KD MMA in 2018. Karen Darabedyan had just opened the gym. A former WEC fighter with black belts in four disciplines. Five amateur fights that year. He turned pro the next. He walked in a striker. He came out a complete martial artist. Darabedyan changes lives and his bench runs deep.
And Art’s up next.
Nearly a decade later, Art holds the UpNext Fighting flyweight belt. Not a single fight has gone to a decision. When he won the title, he dedicated the fight to somebody for the first time because it finally felt big enough. The man who changes lives changed his.
HIS FATHER.
The man who turned a sport into a life.
The Dedication
