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Few names in the realm of kickboxing are synonymous with greatness quite like Giorgio Petrosyan. Petrosyan, a former two-time K-1 World MAX Champion during the height of the tournament, as well as the 2012 GLORY 70kg Slam Champion, he’s competed against the best in the world and proven himself many times over as not only one of the best, but perhaps the very best. <\/p>\n

On Saturday, December 10th Petrosyan returns to the ring to fight against a man that he’s been aiming to take on headfirst for about a year now in the UK’s Jordan Watson. Watson, a muay thai standout, is looking to make a name for himself against Petrosyan in what is essentially a no-lose situation for him; losing to Giorgio Petrosyan is so normal that there’s nothing to be ashamed of at this point.<\/p>\n

The fight has been postponed prior, but will now happen, as to if that’ll affect Petrosyan heading into the fight, his answer was simple; “I don’t think so,” he said. It isn’t that Petrosyan is taking Watson lightly, it’s that he’s at the level where regardless of the competition, he understands that he most likely has an advantage. When prompted on who of his recent opponents was his toughest test, he was unable to find someone who really gave him a challenge. “I have won against all, but there was no one in particular that has put me in trouble most of the other.”<\/p>\n

For Petrosyan, one fight does stand out, which was his loss to Andy Ristie in 2013 via knockout, which led to the Doctor taking time away from the ring to recuperate and prepare himself to return to the ring. “I needed to metabolise this defeat,” he explained about the prolonged time away from the ring. As for if his hand injury was a factor or a concern, he didn’t think so; “Unfortunately,” he admitted to the injury, “although I did not think about it, my head always brought me [back].”<\/p>\n

Of course, Petrosyan is considered to be one of, if not the greatest of all time in kickboxing, when asked what kind of pressure was on him when he returned, he didn’t seem bothered by the hype. “I have always only fought for myself and for the fun, I never thought of having to prove something to someone.” <\/p>\n

As for the pressures of being considered the best in the world? Nah. “I don’t feel any pressure and I cannot wait forward to December 10 to be able to see the result of all the effort I made to train at best.”<\/p>\n

Giorgio Petrosyan makes his Bellator Kickboxing debut on Saturday, December 10th in Firenze against Jordan Watson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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