Sahak "Hak" Parparyan ( hy, Սահակ Պարպարյան; born 4 September 1988) is an Armenian
heavyweight
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kickboxer
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, who is sometimes referred to as Sahak "Hak" Avetisyan. He is currently fighting out of the Van Os Gym in
Alkmaar, Netherlands
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where he trains with fellow Armenian-born fighter and K-1 MAX stalwart Gago Drago. Sahak is a former W.F.C.A. European and World Champion' and he is a former It's Showtime 85MAX world champion.
Biography and career
Fighting out of
Alkmaar
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, Sahak made his debut with the It's Showtime organization in 2006, winning a C-Klass bout by decision in his home town. In 2010 after almost exclusively fighting on the Dutch circuit, Sahak headed to
Paris
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to face
Abdarhmane Coulibaly
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for the W.P.M.F. European title, losing a decision to the home fighter after five rounds. He would make up for this disappointment the next year, winning the W.F.C.A. world title by KO'ing Yassin Boudrouz in the fourth round of their match in
Belgium
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. In May 2011, Sahak faced
Amir Zeyada
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for the It's Showtime 85MAX world title, vacated by Melvin Manhoef. After five rounds the Armenian was the new world champion, taking the belt by
majority decision
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in what was one of the most exciting world title fights the organization has ever seen.
Parparyan made his first title defense against English-American
Andrew Tate
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. He won the fight via unanimous decision 48–47, 49–46, 49–47, 48–47, and 49–48.
He defeated
Jason Wilnis
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via decision at ''Iron Ring'' on September 15, 2012 in
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He was scheduled to defend his title against
Alex Pereira
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on November 10, 2012. However, he was forced to pull out of the fight due to visa issues and was replaced by former foe Jason Wilnis.
In late 2012, he competed on the third season of the '' Enfusion'' reality television show which culminated with a four-man tournament at ''Enfusion 3: Trial of the Gladiators'' on December 2, 2012 in Ljubljana, Slovenia where Parparyan lost to Franci Grajš by unanimous decision in the semi-finals.
Parparyan fought to a draw with
César Córdoba
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*2011 WKL K-1 Rules World Champion
*2010 WKN Oriental Rules Super Light Heavyweight World Champion -85.5 ...
at ''Enfusion Live: Barcelona'' in Barcelona, Spain on March 9, 2012. Córdoba was more dominant over the first two rounds, but Parparyan scored a knockdown with right overhand in the third and final round to earn himself a draw.
He lost to
Artem Levin
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He is the former Glor ...
via an extension round decision at '' Glory 7: Milan'' in Milan, Italy on April 20, 2013.
He was TKO'd in round one by eventual champion Pavel Zhuravlev in the semi-finals of the -93 kg/205 lb tournament at ''Legend 2: Invasion'' in Moscow, Russia on November 9, 2013. This was the first time that Parparyan was stopped in a fight.
He competed in the '' Glory 14: Zagreb - Middleweight Contendership Tournament'' in Zagreb, Croatia on March 8, 2014, beating
Jason Wilnis
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by split decision in the semi-finals before losing to
Alex Pereira
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Andrei Stoica
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Jason Wilnis
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Artem Levin
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César Córdoba
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Titles
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*2011 WKL K-1 Rules World Champion
*2010 WKN Oriental Rules Super Light Heavyweight World Champion -85.5 ...
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Abdarhmane Coulibaly
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