Georgi Karakhanyan is a Russian-born Armenian-American professional

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

who most recently competed in the

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division of

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. A professional competitor since 2006, Karakhanyan has also formerly competed for the

Absolute Championship Berkut Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA), formerly known as Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB), is a Russian mixed martial arts, kickboxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu organization and one of the leading promotions in Europe. To date, most events have been ...

World Series of Fighting The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is an American mixed martial arts league founded by venture capitalist Donn Davis in 2017 and launched in 2018, following the acquisition and restructuring of the former World Series of Fighting (WSOF) promot ...

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Tachi Palace Fights Tachi Palace Fights (TPF) was an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion which hosted events at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California. Matchmaker for TPF was former fighter Richard Goodman. Regarded as a regional promotion, ...

, and

King of the Cage King of the Cage (KOTC) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion based in Southern California, United States. History KOTC was founded in 1998 by Terry Trebilcock. KOTC features mostly amateur as well as up and coming MMA stars and former mainstr ...

. Karakhanyan is also the former WSOF Featherweight Champion.

Background

Georgi was born in Moscow to

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parents and raised in Moscow, Russia. He was introduced to martial arts by his father at the age of six (Georgi’s father has a black belt third dan in

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and he’s also a

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expert). Georgi was just eight years old when he first fought in a full contact martial arts competition. He began training in martial arts at a young age, but found his true love in soccer. He competed at both the amateur and professional levels in Russia, Armenia, Spain and United Kingdom before coming to the United States and settling in

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. Georgi holds American and Armenian citizenship.

Soccer

He played in clubs

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and

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Mixed martial arts career

Early career

After his soccer career, he began his MMA career while living and training at United Brazilian jiu-jitsu with Instructor, Rommel Dunbar in

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. Georgi made his first professional MMA debut on October 13, 2006 just after six months of training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Although Karakhanyan never dreamt about cage fighting, winning his very first fight against a veteran MMA fighter in the KOTC, gave him enormous confidence and belief that he is on the right path which fueled his desire to give MMA all he had. He joined Bellator to take part in their Season Two Featherweight Tournament and Season Four Featherweight Tournament. On December 2, 2011, Karakhanyan won the

Featherweight Championship.

Bellator

In 2009, Georgi signed with Bellator and was part of the eight-man Featherweight Tournament of Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Two in 2010. In the first round, he took on the veteran fighter Bao Quach at

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. Karakhanyan won the fight via knockout (knee) at 4:05 of the first round, knocking Quach unconscious. In the semifinals, Georgi faced highly acclimated wrestler and World Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Joe Warren (Ranked #8 Featherweight in the world) at Bellator 18 and lost the fight via unanimous decision. Joe Warren ended up winning the tournament and became the Bellator Featherweight Champion. In 2011, Georgi returned for Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Four and faced

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(Ranked #9 Featherweight in the world) in the first round. Karakhanyan lost via TKO (punches) in the third round. Patricio would also end up winning the tournament.

Tachi Palace Fights

On December 2, 2011 at ''TPF 11: Redempton'', Karakhanyan made his

debut against former Tachi Palace Fights Featherweight Champion Isaac DeJesus for the vacant Tachi Palace Fights Featherweight Championship. De Jesus had never lost his title in a bout; he was stripped of it when he failed to make weight. Karakhanyan defeated De Jesus via triangle choke at 4:02 in the first round to become the new Tachi Palace Fights Featherweight Champion. Karakhanyan was scheduled to fight ''

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'' 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 Karakhanyan. The bout was moved back to September 7, 2012 at ''TPF 14: Validation''. Karakhanyan defeated Miller via unanimous decision to retain his Tachi Palace Fights Featherweight Championship. Karakhanyan became the first Tachi Palace Fights Featherweight Champion to defend his title. He later vacated the title in 2013 when he signed with

DREAM

Georgi defeated DREAM Featherweight Champion

Hiroyuki Takaya Hiroyuki Takaya ( Japanese: 高谷裕之, ''Takaya Hiroyuki'', born June 10, 1977) is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing in the Featherweight division. A professional competitor since 2003, Takaya has fought in the WEC, Strikefo ...

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(DREAM 18 & GLORY 4 Tokyo) on December 31, 2012 via split decision. The scorecard that gave the fight to Takaya was highly controversial, as Karakhanyan was considered by many to be the clear winner.

World Series of Fighting

Karakhanyan competed on the main card in a fight against

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at World Series of Fighting 5 on September 14, 2013. He won the fight via submission in the first round. In November 2013, it was announced that Karakhanyan would be fighting for the inaugural WSOF Featherweight Championship against

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. But an injury to Glenn has forced him out of the title bout and replaced by undefeated featherweight Lance Palmer. Karakhanyan won the bout via submission in the third round to become WSOF's first featherweight champion. Karakhanyan made the first defense of his title on June 21, 2014 at World Series of Fighting 10: Branch vs. Taylor against

. Despite controlling most of the first round via submission attempts, Karakhanyan lost his title when he elected not to continue between the second and third round due to a rib injury.

Return to Bellator

On September 30 Bellator announced that they have re-signed Karakhanyan to a multi-fight contract. In his return, Karakhanyan faced

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on January 16, 2015 at Bellator 132. He won the fight via technical submission in the first round. After the bout, Scott Coker announced that Karakhanyan would fight for the Featherweight title next. Karakhanyan was expected to challenge

for his Bellator Featherweight Championship in a rematch on June 19, 2015 at

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. However, Karakhanyan pulled out of the fight due to a torn ACL and was replaced by Bellator Season Ten Featherweight tournament winner

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. Karakhanyan faced

on December 4, 2015 at Bellator 147. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. After losing two fights in a row, Karakhanyan faced

in a rematch at Bellator 160 on August 26, 2016. Jenkins was favored to win the rematch, but Karakhanyan won again, this time via knock out the first minute into the first round. Karakhanyan made a quick return to the cage as he faced Kirill Medvedovsky at Bellator 164 on November 10, 2016. He won the fight via TKO due to an injury in the first round. Karakhanyan faced

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at Bellator 170 on January 21, 2017. He lost the fight via majority decision. Karakhanyan faced Daniel Pineda at Bellator 182 on August 25, 2017. He won the fight via TKO due to a doctor stoppage on a cut Pineda had suffered in the second round. Karakhanyan faced

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on January 20, 2018. He lost the fight via unanimous decision and was subsequently released from the promotion.

Absolute Championship Berkut

On March 7, 2018 ACB announced that they had signed Karakhanyan to a multi-fight contract. Karakhanyan won his promotional debut against Alexey Polpudnikov at ACB 86 via unanimous decision. Karakhanyan faced Timur Nagibin at ACB 90 on November 10, 2018. In the first round, Karakhanyan locked a guillotine choke and claimed that Nagibin tapped to the choke just before the round's end. 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. Nevertheless, Nagibin hit Karakhanyan after the bell. Karakhanyan was clearly rocked and tried to wrestle his coach when he entered the cage. Due to the incident, Nagibin was disqualified immediately by officials. However, after the fight the promotion disqualified Karakhnanyan, blaming him to having faked being hurt and acted unsportsmanlike before the fight. Eventually, the bout was ruled as a no contest by the promotion. In Karakhanyan's response in social media, he claimed that the promotion officials encouraged him to trash talk even more as the fight was gaining attention. The promotion withheld Karakhanyan's win money and released him from his contract.

Second return to Bellator

Karakhanyan returned to Bellator in 2019 as a replacement for Ashleigh Grimshaw against

in the main event at Bellator 218. He lost the bout by unanimous decision. Next Karakhanyan faced A. J. McKee at Bellator 228 on September 28, 20219. He lost the fight via knockout in just eight seconds. Karakhanyan replaced Ryan Scope on short notice at Bellator 240 on February 22, 2020 against Paul Redmond. Karakhanyan won the fight via second round submission. Karakhanyan faced

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on August 7, 2020 at Bellator 243. He lost the fight via split decision. Karakhanyan was expected to face

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on May 21, 2021 at

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. However, Piccolotti pulled out due to injury. Karakhanyan faced Kiefer Crosbie on July 31, 2021 at

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. He won the bout via arm-triangle choke in the first round. Karakhanyan, as a replacement for

, faced Saul Rogers on September 18, 2021 at

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. He lost the bout via unanimous decision. Karakhanyan faced

on February 19, 2022 at

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. He lost the bout via unanimous decision. Karakhanyan faced Kane Mousah on September 23, 2022 at

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. He lost the bout via unanimous decision.

Boxing

Georgi defeated Tatsuro Irie on May 5, 2012 in his promotional boxing debut at

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Personal life

Georgi has three children.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

**TPF Featherweight Champion (One time) *

** WSOF Featherweight Championship (One time)

Jiu Jitsu

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2012 Men's No Gi Advanced 150 lb-159.9 lb Champion

Mixed martial arts record

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 9–1–1 , Jeff Sanchez , Submission (north-south choke) , GC 85: Cross Fire , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:12 ,

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 5–1–1 , Armando Sanchez , Decision (unanimous) , KOTC: Opposing Force , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 3–0–1 , Bobby Merrill , KO (flying knee and punches) , EFWC: The Untamed , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0:09 ,

, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 2–0–1 , Doug Dufur , Submission (rear-naked choke) , Galaxy Productions , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:46 ,

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Background

Soccer

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Bellator

Tachi Palace Fights

DREAM

World Series of Fighting

Return to Bellator

Absolute Championship Berkut

Second return to Bellator

Boxing

Personal life

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

Jiu Jitsu

Mixed martial arts record

Boxing record

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