VIC DARCHINYAN CONSIDERS TRANSITION TO MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
17.02.2010 15:44 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Super flyweight boxing world champion Vic Darchinyan
is thinking about making a transition to mixed martial arts.
The Armenian-born fighter told Australia’s Daily Telegraph that he
hopes to try the sport within one or two years.
"At the right time, I want to have a go at a cage fight," he said.
"I’ve done wrestling since I was very young, so I believe it’s
something I could compete at if I wanted to."
Darchinyan might very well be the most qualified of any boxer who’s
talked about transitioning to MMA. His father was an Olympic wrestling
coach for Armenia and he reportedly grew up wrestling.
Darchinyan has already spent time training with UFC fighter James Te
Huna, a New Zealander by birth who now trains in Darchinyan’s current
home country of Australia. Te Huna is making his octagon debut at
Saturday’s UFC 110 against Igor Pokrajac.