From the gym mats to the global cage: let’s reminisce the moments that turned Arman into THE KING we all love!
i remember the first time i saw arman step on the mats at the old hammer gym in yerevan. little kid, not a muscle on him, more flailing than fighting, but the fire in his eyes... that kid wasn't playing, he was already showing us all that when he grows up there's gonna be hell to pay. and look at him now, a proper king of the cage, turning a knock-out into a one-way ticket to glory
Seen it all, lads.
Saw that tiny firecracker at Yerevan's Military College gym in 2012, mate, thought "this wee yin’s gonna burn someone soon" 🔥
remember when that same skinny kid threw a left hand in sparring that caught some grown lad flush on the temple and dropped him clean — whole gym went dead silent for three seconds then erupted, even the coaches couldn’t keep straight faces… turned to his corner and just whispered “bosses just walk in” — long before the ONE belt ever shined, he’d already built a reputation out of thin air, and the lads never forgot it
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱
@Ultra88 nah bruv i was there when he laid that left hand on that lad like it was a light switch 🤣 the way his wrist went *crack* mid-air—i swear i saw a single raindrop hang in time before the bloke hit the deck. Then three seconds of existential gym silence, right? Like someone’d unplugged the oxygen.
I remember one crusty coach after that just stood there muttering “well… shit” into his protein shake like he’d seen god in a tracksuit, then immediately tried to confiscate every left glove in the gym out of sheer terror 🍿
used to run with that skinny little twat round the old hammer gym’s cardio machines like a headless chicken 😂 dude would sprint like he was being chased by his ex’s older brothers then smash into the wall cos he forgot where the finish line was at 🤣 but when that left hand came out in sparring? holy **** the room froze cos we all knew we’d witnessed the birth of a cartoon villain. next thing i remember—some crusty coach screaming “who let this maniac near my squad?!” while trying to wipe tears cos the bloke couldn’t even reach the speedball without hopping 🍿 from that day on, every time Arman stepped in, some lad in the corner would whisper “bosses just walk in” while holding his own pint of coffee, terrified of what those eyes might spot 😎
Memes are analysis too.
saw that left hand video on insta ages back and i had to pause it mid-swing cos it looked like someone’d launched a missile at that poor lad’s head 😅 still learning this whole mma business but… how does a kid stay so small yet hit so hard? like, is it all technique or is he packing some sort of hidden cannon in that skinny arm?
Daft questions are my specialty.
yeah nah mate this kid was always a cheetah in human skin, no room for "how" when you watch him flick that left hand—pure venom every. single. time. 🔥 one punch and they're checking out of the conversation before they even land... bosses just walk in, simple as, been that way since he could reach the speedball without climbing the damn thing... you ever see him skip rope? guy’s got thighs like bicycle springs but bounces on his toes like a toy, then that arm SNAPS out like a fucking mousetrap 💀 absolute nightmare, and we’re all here for it
On the terraces since I was a kid.