Tarverdyan’s Licence Revoked by California State Athletic Commission

[ErikMagraken]

Originally published here - Edmund Tarverdyan's Licence Revoked by California State Athletic Commission

Update –

According to Executive Director of Sherdog.com Greg Savage, Tarverdyan’s licence was revoked for alleged violation of s. 210 of California’s Code of Regulations

which reads as follows –

§ 210. Application For License; Contents, Falsification.

(b) Falsification in whole or in part of a material fact or presentation on any application for a license shall result in a license being denied, and if previously granted, revoked unless otherwise ordered by the commission

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Seconds, (cornermen), are typically required to be licensed by State and Provincial Athletic Commissions in regulated combative sports.

Edmund Tarverdyan, head trainer and corner to UFC’s former bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, has apparently had his licence revoked.

The California State Athletic Commission’s agenda for an upcoming meeting on February 2, 2016 has been published and it reveals that they have revoked Tarverdyan’s seconds licence and that he is appealing this.

It is unclear why his license has been revoked or for how long but unless and until this is overturned Tarverdyan will not be able to corner fighters in California. Being licensed in other ABC member jurisdictions may also prove problematic during the course of the revocation as members typically honor each others suspensions.

 

[maurice]

Maybe this has to do with the bankruptcy proceedings.

 

[tang]

not to jump to conclusions but is it maybe possible that this guy never had much credibility? there's nothing about him on the internet, his page Edmond "The Diamond" Tarverdyan doesn't even work. He has some info on sherdog for his 2 fights which was in 2012. This guy is 34 now and started coaching at age 16. There's not even a wiki page about him, if you google search his name, Ronda Rousey's wiki page comes up.

 

[Ted Williams' head]

He seems like an overall shyster.

 

[TheEmperorRises]

They revoked it after watching Ronda's boxing in the Holm fight

 

[Bozy]

I read somewhere that besides Ronda. Fighters that went to him are 5-15 since joining his team. Saw it today.

 

[ThatOneDude]

Ha ha

 

[ECC170]

I knew he was garbino when Gillette never offered his teen wolf lookn ass a Sponsorship..

 

[Obi-Wan-In-A-Million]

That guy has always seemed shady. I can't put my finger on why, but he gives off a creep vibe. Especially in his interactions with Ronda.

 

[ThatOneDude]

Sooooo, is this going to be a giant "I told you so moment".... Is Ronda mom right? Will @Cerberus kilt himself? Will @Cerberus be on here more that he can't train or corner Ronda?

 

[ECC170]

Sooooo, is this going to be a giant "I told you so moment".... Is Ronda mom right? Will @Cerberus kilt himself? Will @Cerberus be on here more that he can't train or corner Ronda?

her mom's been right..Honda seems like she cares about loyalty but being loyal to her mom's wishes would've helped her a lot..

 

[RaginCajun]

This guy's career is falling apart.
I don't know anything about him besides from what I've read on mma sites but he seems very suspect with the seemingly fraudulent bankruptcy(claiming he has no income), his licence revoked by California State Athletic Commission, and as @Bozy pointed out(fighters record under him.)
It seems that he caught lightning in a bottle with Ronda.
Think about how good Ronda could be with a different camp.

 

[Deleted member 1]

Good thing for him they waited until this week instead of last week.
Reciprocity between AC would have kept him out of the corner for Travis Browne's eye poke clinic.

 

[Deleted member 1]

Sooooo, is this going to be a giant "I told you so moment".... Is Ronda mom right? Will @Cerberus kilt himself? Will @Cerberus be on here more that he can't train or corner Ronda?

I remember Cerberus questioning Ronda's mom, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't like Edmond either.

 

[Sleazy_Martinez]

That guy has always seemed shady. I can't put my finger on why, but he gives off a creep vibe. Especially in his interactions with Ronda.

The way he was cuddling Ronda after Holly KO'd her was fucking straight up sleazy. Such that Ronda has to pulls his arm off her.

 

[Deleted member 1]

not to jump to conclusions but is it maybe possible that this guy never had much credibility? there's nothing about him on the internet, his page Edmond "The Diamond" Tarverdyan doesn't even work. He has some info on sherdog for his 2 fights which was in 2012. This guy is 34 now and started coaching at age 16. There's not even a wiki page about him, if you google search his name, Ronda Rousey's wiki page comes up.

He started a gym that is the anti-camp to Hayastan Academy.
He is a "boxing coach" that started training MMA.
There's some cultural drama along the way in the mix with the local Armenian fighters and deciding who is the place for Armenians to train. There is also some drama in that Manny went there and then all the Judo and Armenians were split between two camps in the area furthering the comparison. People get tribal and start the war or words on who is better.

I don't believe that Ronda has learned more from Edmond than she would have in any other MMA camp. She outgrew his skills inside of 6 months.
I dunno if the guy is a "bad trainer" but he's definitely not elite and you don't show up at Glendale average and come out remade a success.

 

[Obi-Wan-In-A-Million]

The way he was cuddling Ronda after Holly KO'd her was fucking straight up sleazy. Such that Ronda has to pulls his arm off her.

Yea, that was bad. My wife commented on him trying to get a cheap feel while she was unconscious. That's definitely a perv move.

 

[mysticmac]

 

[tang]

The way he was cuddling Ronda after Holly KO'd her was fucking straight up sleazy. Such that Ronda has to pulls his arm off her.

in for GIF. what was he doing?

 

[Ghost Bro]

 

[Deleted member 1]

Yea, that was bad. My wife commented on him trying to get a cheap feel while she was unconscious. That's definitely a perv move.

"Beautiful Champ...Beautiful"

 

[Sweets]

in for GIF. what was he doing?

It was nasty he was wrapped around her from what I remember.

 

[Ted Williams' head]

If you look beyond Ronda, he seems like he has a mediocre record. Even looking at Ronda's Four Horsewomen...

-Ronda, great champ obviously but got completely schooled/brutally KO'd by Holm
-Marina Shafir has been brutally KO'd twice in a row (both in 36 seconds) and is now 1-2.
-Jessamyn Duke on a 3 fight losing streak
-Shayna Bayzler on a 3 fight losing streak, 1-4 in her last 5

Just going down the list of Glendale fighters on Sherdog....

Travis Browne - 2-1 since joining Edmund
Alfred Khashakyan - coming off a loss (5-2 record)
Vardan Sholinian - coming off a loss (5-2)
Levon Sargsyan - coming off a loss (2-3)
Saverio Dalessandro - one amateur fight, KO loss
Leon Shahbazyan - 4-1 amateur record
Melsik Bagdasaryan - 0-1 pro record
Chelsey White - 0-1 amateur record
Harout Karapetyan - 0-1 amateur record

Of course Jake Ellenberger left GFC after a horrible run and went to Kings MMA.

It really doesn't look like an elite camp there when you take Ronda out of the equation

 

[Sweets]

This is great for Ronda if she embraces it.

 

[maurice]

Ellenberger's striking noticeably regressed during his time with Count Chocula.

Browne won his last fight, but he was losing the boxing exchanges. He gained the upper hand by using techniques that he obviously learned during his time at Jackson/Wink.