Introduction
AJ Agazarm (born July 26, 1988) is an American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and professional mixed martial arts fighter.
Early life
Agazarm was born in Hollywood, Florida and began wrestling as a sophomore in high school. He performed well enough in high school to win a wrestling scholarship to University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky from 2005-2007. Agazarm then transferred to Ohio State, a highly ranked NCAA Division I wrestling program.
AJ Agazarm is of Armenian descent.
Grappling career
Agazarm was awarded his black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu in 2013 by Eduardo de Lima and Carlos Gracie Jr. 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. Later in 2013 at the World Nogi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship Agazarm placed third in the under 73.5 kg black belt division. In 2017, Agazarm won a silver medal at the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in the under 66 kg weight class and another silver at the World Nogi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the lightweight division. 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. Agazarm made his professional MMA debut in Bellator MMA at Bellator 214 on January 26, 2019 at The Forum in Inglewood, California. He lost to Jesse Roberts by split decision fighting at a catchweight of 160 lbs.
Mixed martial arts record
| Professional record breakdown | ||
| 3 matches | 2 wins | 1 loss |
| By submission | 1 | 0 |
| By decision | 1 | 1 |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |