AJ Agazarm
AJ Agazarm (born July 26, 1987) is an American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and professional mixed martial arts fighter.
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Early life and education
Agazarm was born in Florida and is of Armenian descent.[1] He began wrestling as a sophomore in high school.[2] He performed well enough in high school to win a wrestling scholarship to University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky from 2005-2007.[3] Agazarm then transferred to Ohio State, a highly ranked NCAA Division I wrestling program.[4]
Grappling career
Agazarm was awarded his black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu in 2013 by Eduardo de Lima and Carlos Gracie Jr.[5] That same year Agazarm got third place at the Pan Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship in the black belt open-weight division and first in the lightweight division.[6] Later in 2013 at the World Nogi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship Agazarm placed third in the under 73.5 kg black belt division.[7] In 2017, Agazarm won a silver medal at the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in the under 66 kg weight class[8] and another silver at the World Nogi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the lightweight division.[9] From 2015-2018 Agazarm participated in six Polaris Pro Grappling events.
Jiu-Jitsu accomplishments
- 2018
IBJJF Pan Nogi (Black Belt 73.5kg)
- 2017
IBJJF European No-Gi (Black Belt 73.5kg)- IBJJF European No-Gi (Black Belt Absolute)
- ADCC 2017 World Championship (66kg)
- IBJJF Nogi World Championships (Black Belt 73.5kg)
- IBJJF Rome International Open (Black Belt Absolute)
- 2016
IBJJF Nogi World Championships (Black Belt 73.5kg)
- 2015
- IBJJF Pan American (Black Belt 76kg)
- 2014
- IBJJF Nogi World Championships (Black Belt 73.5kg)
- IBJJF European No-Gi (Black Belt 73.5kg)
- IBJJF European No-Gi (Black Belt Absolute)
- IBJJF Pan Nogi (Black Belt Absolute)
- IBJJF Pan Nogi (Black Belt 73.5kg)
- IBJJF European Open (Black Belt 76kg)
- 2013
- IBJJF Pan Nogi (Black Belt 73.5kg)
- CBJJ Brazilian Nogi Championship (Black Belt 73.5kg)
- IBJJF European No-Gi (Black Belt 73.5kg)
- CBJJ Brazilian Nogi Championship (Black Belt Absolute)
- IBJJF American National Championship (76kg)
- IBJJF Pan Nogi (Black Belt Absolute)
- IBJJF European No-Gi (Black Belt Absolute)
- IBJJF Nogi World Championships (Black Belt 73.5kg)
- CBJJ Brazilian Championship (Brown Belt Absolute)
- IBJJF European Open (Brown Belt 76kg)
- CBJJ Brazilian Championship (Brown Belt 76kg)
MMA career
Prior to turning professional Agazarm compiled an 8-0 amateur MMA record.[10] Agazarm made his professional MMA debut in Bellator MMA at Bellator 214 on January 26, 2019 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.[11] He lost to Jesse Roberts by split decision fighting at a catchweight of 160 lbs.[12] After this, he went on to win his next three fights for Bellator against Jacob Landin at Bellator 224, Johnathan Quiroz at Bellator 228 and Adel Altamimi at Bellator 238.
He then lost his fifth professional fight against Chris Lencioni at Bellator 243, a fight that would result in a severe knee injury for Agazarm in the first round of the match. Agazarm continued the fight with a severe knee injury. [13]
Bellator MMA announced on October 27, 2020, that Agazarm had been released from the promotion due to injury, but will revisit in future.[14]
Mixed martial arts record
| Professional record breakdown | ||
| 5 matches | 3 wins | 2 losses |
| By submission | 2 | 0 |
| By decision | 1 | 2 |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 3–2 | Cris Lencioni | Decision (unanimous) | Bellator 243 | August 7, 2020 | 3 | 5:00 | Uncasville, Connecticut, United States | |
| Win | 3–1 | Adel Altamimi | Submission (Agazarm choke) | Bellator 238 | January 25, 2020 | 3 | 1:22 | Inglewood, California, United States | |
| Win | 2–1 | Jonathan Quiroz | Decision (unanimous) | Bellator 228 | September 28, 2019 | 3 | 5:00 | Inglewood, California, United States | |
| Win | 1–1 | Jacob Landin | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Bellator 224 | July 12, 2019 | 1 | 4:21 | Thackerville, Oklahoma, United States | |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jesse Roberts | Decision (split) | Bellator 214 | January 30, 2019 | 3 | 5:00 | Inglewood, California, United States |
See also
References
- "Edwin Najmi & AJ Agazarm Visit Armenia, Country Of Their Ancestors". bjjee.com. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- "AJ Agazarm". bjjheroes.com. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- "Ohio State Athletics". nmnathletics.com. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- "Watch AJ Agazarm Train Takedowns at Ohio State Wrestling". bjjee.com. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- "AJ Agazarm Jiu Jitsu". BJJ.Heroes.com. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- "Pan Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2013: Partial Results" (PDF). ibjjf.com. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- "World Jiu-Jitsu No Gi Championship 2013: Partial Results" (PDF). ibjjf.com. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- "2017 Results". adcombat.com. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- "World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF No-Gi Championship 2017". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- Bohn, Mike. "A.J. Agazarm's pro debut at Bellator 214 did not go as planned". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- "Bellator heavyweight grand prix will conclude at the Forum". LA Times. 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- "Bellator 214". Bellator.com. Bellator. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- https://jitsmagazine.com/aj-agazarm-out-with-devastating-knee-injury/
- Damon Martin, Mike Heck (October 27, 2020). "Former two-division champion Joe Warren, Ricky Bandejas, Roy Nelson among slew of Bellator fighters no longer under contract". MMAFighting.com. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
External links
- Aj Agazarm's Rokfin Channel
- Professional MMA record for AJ Agazarm from Sherdog
- Kaplan, Amy (2020-02-12). "What is the Agazarm Choke?". FanSided.