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Harry Davies

One-armed MMA fighter KOs rival while winning two-on-one bout

One-armed MMA fighter Alexander Karapetyan took on two opponents at once, managing to knock one out on his way to winning the fight.

Karapetyan had taken on the immense challenge in an Epic Fighting Championships event as he fought 34-year-old Sanya Shyp and 21-year-old 'Lexus' at the same time. The Russian-based MMA promotion is known for hosting extraordinary events, from a mixed-gender clash between a pornstar and blogger to a 75-year-old pensioner and his grandson facing a female in another two-on-one bout.

Karapetyan weighed just 57kg for the fight and stood at 5'5", whilst his opponent Shyp weighed 72kg and was 5'6" tall with Lexus weighing 66kg and being 5'4".

The fight started and Karapetyan walked straight towards Lexus, landing a body kick followed by a perfect head kick that dropped him. Lexus got back to his feet but was on shaky legs, with the cageside doctor eventually entering the cage and declaring he was out of the fight after just four seconds.

That increased Karapetyan's chances of victory with just one opponent standing across from him. Unable to use his left hand, Karapetyan attacked the body of Shyp with kicks for the first round and was clearly the better fighter of the two.

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The 29-year-old finished the first two minute stanza strongly, landed some good leg kicks against Shyp as his opponent offered little back. There was a visible skill gap between Karapetyan and Shyp as the 34-year-old struggled to land many strikes at all in the second round.

Karapetyan wasn't able to knockout Shyp like he did Lexus, but he cruised his way to a decision win by mixing up his kicks and right hand throughout the second two-minute period. The three all shook hands at the end in one of the most bizarre fights of recent times.

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