Marat
Marat Grigorian
Pressure and volume with heavy investment in body work. Viable at the top precisely because GLORY rules forbid clinching to slow a pressure fighter down.
Marat Grigorian is the pressure fighter of the modern lightweight division and the natural stylistic opposite of Petrosyan and Sitthichai. Where they win by not being hit, Grigorian wins by making the fight a phone booth and accepting the trade — a legitimate strategy under GLORY rules specifically because passivity is penalised and the clinch is broken instantly, so an opponent cannot tie him up to slow him down.
His body work is the most underrated part of his game. Grigorian invests in the ribs and the liver early, which pays off in the third and fifth rounds when opponents stop moving. Combined with a heavy low kick, it means the fighters who beat him tend to do so on the scorecards rather than by keeping him off.
His long series with Sitthichai is the best-matched rivalry in the division and a genuinely useful watch for anyone trying to understand pressure-versus-counter as a strategic problem.