Georgi Karakhanyan was born on May 29,1985 and is a Russian-born Armenian-American former professional mixed martial artist and professional boxer who competed in the Lightweight division.
51 Facts About Georgi Karakhanyan
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Georgi Karakhanyan was born in Moscow to Armenian parents and raised in Moscow, Russia.
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Georgi Karakhanyan was introduced to martial arts by his father at the age of six.
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Georgi Karakhanyan was just eight years old when he first fought in a full contact martial arts competition.
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Georgi Karakhanyan began training in martial arts at a young age, but found his true love in soccer.
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Georgi Karakhanyan played in clubs Torpedo Moscow and Spartak Moscow.
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Georgi Karakhanyan made his first professional MMA debut on October 13,2006, just after six months of training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
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Georgi Karakhanyan joined Bellator to take part in their Season Two Featherweight Tournament and Season Four Featherweight Tournament.
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On December 2,2011, Georgi Karakhanyan won the Tachi Palace Fights Featherweight Championship.
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In 2009, Georgi Karakhanyan signed with Bellator and was part of the eight-man Featherweight Tournament of Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Two in 2010.
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Georgi Karakhanyan won the fight via knockout at 4:05 of the first round, knocking Quach unconscious.
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In 2011, Georgi Karakhanyan returned for Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Four and faced Patricio Pitbull in the first round.
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On December 2,2011, at TPF 11: Redempton, Georgi Karakhanyan made his Tachi Palace Fights debut against former Tachi Palace Fights Featherweight Champion Isaac DeJesus for the vacant Tachi Palace Fights Featherweight Championship.
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Georgi Karakhanyan defeated De Jesus via triangle choke at 4:02 in the first round to become the new Tachi Palace Fights Featherweight Champion.
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Georgi Karakhanyan was scheduled to fight The Ultimate Fighter 14 participant Micah Miller on March 9,2012, at TPF 12: Second Coming in the first defense of his title, but the fight was later canceled due to an illness from Georgi Karakhanyan.
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Georgi Karakhanyan defeated Miller via unanimous decision to retain his Tachi Palace Fights Featherweight Championship.
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Georgi Karakhanyan became the first Tachi Palace Fights Featherweight Champion to defend his title.
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Georgi Karakhanyan later vacated the title in 2013 when he signed with World Series of Fighting.
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Georgi Karakhanyan defeated DREAM Featherweight Champion Hiroyuki Takaya at DREAM 18 on December 31,2012, via split decision.
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The scorecard that gave the fight to Takaya was highly controversial, as Georgi Karakhanyan was considered by many to be the clear winner.
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Georgi Karakhanyan competed on the main card in a fight against Waylon Lowe at World Series of Fighting 5 on September 14,2013.
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Georgi Karakhanyan won the fight via submission in the first round.
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In November 2013, it was announced that Georgi Karakhanyan would be fighting for the inaugural WSOF Featherweight Championship against Ricky Glenn at WSOF 7.
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Georgi Karakhanyan won the bout via submission in the third round to become WSOF's first featherweight champion.
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Georgi Karakhanyan made the first defense of his title on June 21,2014, at World Series of Fighting 10: Branch vs Taylor against Ricky Glenn.
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Georgi Karakhanyan won the fight via technical submission in the first round.
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Georgi Karakhanyan was expected to challenge Patricio Pitbull for his Bellator Featherweight Championship in a rematch on June 19,2015, at Bellator 138.
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However, Georgi Karakhanyan pulled out of the fight due to a torn ACL and was replaced by Bellator Season Ten Featherweight tournament winner Daniel Weichel.
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Georgi Karakhanyan faced Daniel Weichel on December 4,2015, at Bellator 147.
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Jenkins was favored to win the rematch, but Georgi Karakhanyan won again, this time via knock out the first minute into the first round.
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Georgi Karakhanyan made a quick return to the cage as he faced Kirill Medvedovsky at Bellator 164 on November 10,2016.
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Georgi Karakhanyan won the fight via TKO due to an injury in the first round.
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Georgi Karakhanyan faced Emmanuel Sanchez at Bellator 170 on January 21,2017.
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Georgi Karakhanyan faced Daniel Pineda at Bellator 182 on August 25,2017.
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Georgi Karakhanyan won the fight via TKO due to a doctor stoppage on a cut Pineda had suffered in the second round.
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Georgi Karakhanyan faced Henry Corrales at Bellator 192 on January 20,2018.
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Georgi Karakhanyan lost the fight via unanimous decision and was released from the promotion.
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Georgi Karakhanyan won his promotional debut against Alexey Polpudnikov at ACB 86 via unanimous decision.
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Georgi Karakhanyan faced Timur Nagibin at ACB 90 on November 10,2018.
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Georgi Karakhanyan released the choke when the referee intervened but at the time it was unclear whether it was due to the tap or the bell.
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Georgi Karakhanyan was clearly rocked and tried to wrestle his coach when he entered the cage.
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Georgi Karakhanyan returned to Bellator in 2019 as a replacement for Ashleigh Grimshaw against Emmanuel Sanchez in the main event at Bellator 218.
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Georgi Karakhanyan lost the fight via knockout in just eight seconds.
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Georgi Karakhanyan replaced Ryan Scope on short notice at Bellator 240 on February 22,2020, against Paul Redmond.
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Georgi Karakhanyan faced Myles Jury on August 7,2020, at Bellator 243.
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Georgi Karakhanyan was expected to face Adam Piccolotti on May 21,2021, at Bellator 259.
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Georgi Karakhanyan faced Kiefer Crosbie on July 31,2021, at Bellator 263.
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Georgi Karakhanyan won the bout via arm-triangle choke in the first round.
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Georgi Karakhanyan faced Adam Piccolotti on February 19,2022, at Bellator 274.
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Georgi Karakhanyan faced Kane Mousah on September 23,2022, at Bellator 285.
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Georgi Karakhanyan defeated Tatsuro Irie on May 5,2012, in his promotional boxing debut at Welterweight.