All Entries in the "Georgi Karakhanyan" Category
HyeFighter TPF Champ Karakhanyan To Defend His Belt On March 9th
Featherweight champion HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan has an opponent for his next Tachi Palace Fights title bout.
Georgi Karakhanyan confirmed today withHyeFighters.com (www.HyeFighters.com) that he (17-3-1 MMA, 1-0 TPF) will take on 24-year-old Micah Miller (17-4 MMA, 2-0 TPF), who recently had a short stint on “The Ultimate Fighter 14.”
“TPF 12: Second Coming” takes place March 9 [...]
HyeFighter Karakhanyan To Defend His Belt On March 9th – NOT OFFICIAL
Although it has been reported that HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan is scheduled to defend his title against Micah Miller, we have just spoken with Georgi and he has personally confirmed that as far as he is concerned, the fight is NOT official. He said he had spoken with the TPF officials about it, however he has [...]
HYEFIGHTER of the Month: December 2011 Georgi Karakhanyan
Congratulations to Georgi Karakhanyan for being named the HyeFighter of the month for December 2011 for beating Isaac DeJesus with a triangle choke in the 4:02 minute of the first round of their featherweight championship match at the Tachi Palace Fights 11 Redemption.
HyeFighter Documentary
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Two years ago, we started shooting a documentary about the HyeFighters. We wanted to introduce our phenomenal athletes to the Armenian community and gain their on-going support. Along the way, we were able to get to know a number [...]
Exclusive Interview With New HyeFighter Champion Georgi Karakhanyan
Our good friends at Urartu Productions bring us another exclusive interview with newly crowned Tachi Palace Fights Champion, HyeFighter Georgi “Insane” Karakhanyan.
HyeFighter Karakhanyan WINS The Tachi Fights Featherweight CHAMPIONSHIP
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan is the NEW Featherweight Champion of Tachi Palace Fights!!!!
Round 1 – Featherweight title fight in the main event. Georgi scores first with the kick. Georgi lands a big head kick, and slips. Isaac comes back with a right hand and a leg kick. Georgi with the high kick again. It’s partially blocked. [...]
Big Month For HyeFighters
Over the course of the next month, UFC’s Manny Gamburyan, Strikeforce’s Gegard Mousasi and boxers Vic Darchinyan and David Lemieux will be just some of the participants in fights held throughout Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego, Canada, Germany and Spain.
Interview With HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan On His Upcoming Title Fight
It was just the end of another training session on Wednesday afternoon, the last hard sparring session of fight camp before the big fight on December 2. The fighter who was in the shark tank was none other than 145lbs. Bellator veteran and top contender for the Tachi Palace Fights featherweight title, “Insane” Georgi Karakhanyan [...]
HyeFighter Karakhanyan Ready For His Title Shot
HyeFighter Georgi “Insane” Karakhanyan is anxiousely waiting for December 2nd so that he can fight for, and win, his first MMA Championship title. And we, at HyeFighters.com believe this will be the first of many to come for this talented young fighter.
The December 2nd date for HyeFighter Katrakhanyan, will match him against Isaac DeJesus of [...]
HyeFighter Karakhanyan to Fight for The Vacant Tachi 145 Belt on Dec. 2
With recently crowned Tachi Palace Fights featherweight champion Eddie Yagin UFC-bound, officials from the Californian promotion revealed Monday that Bellator veteran and HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan will take on former champ Isaac DeJesus for the now-vacant 145-pound strap.
“It took some time and a lot of work, but we are very happy with this fight,” Tachi Palace [...]
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan Wins in 1 Minute
Georgi Karakhanyan gets back on the winning track by notching up his 15th win at the Sabobo casino Friday night by submitting his opponents with a triangle choke in 1 minute of the first round.
HyeFighter Karakhanyan Stopped at Bellator 37
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan’s fight at Bellator 37 against Patricio “Pitbull” Freire did not turn out the way we had all hoped. Georgi was stopped via TKO in the 3rd round after getting caught with a left hook from Friere who immediately went to ground and pound mode until the referee stopped the fight.
We spoke with [...]
HyeFighter Gorgi Karakhanyan Fighting on March 19th
Bellator Fighting Championships will kick off its Season 4 featherweight tournament on March 19, with all four quarterfinal matchups being contested at the Lucky Star Casino in Concho, Okla.
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan will be matched up against Patricio “Pitbull” Freire; Zac George takes on Wilson Reis; Eric Larkin will go against Kenny Foster and [...]
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan Confirmed for Bellator Season 4
Bellator Fighting Championships on Thursday announced the inclusion of HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan in its forthcoming Season 4 featherweight tournament.
Karakhanyan, a Season 2 semi-finalist, joins Eric Larkin, Kenny Foster and Zac George as confirmed participants in the eight-man draw, the winner of which will receive a title shot against reigning Bellator featherweight champion Joe Warren.
A Brazilian [...]
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan will return for Bellator’s season-four 145-pound tourney
Bellator Fighting Championships veterans HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan and Wilson Reis will each return to the promotion for the company’s forthcoming season-four featherweight tournament.
MMAjunkie.com has confirmed with sources close to both fighters that each has officially signed on for the upcoming bracket, which will determine the first challenger to current champion Joe Warren’s title.
An official announcement [...]
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan Wins at Bellator 28
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan got back on the winning track after winning a hard fought Unanimous Decision over tough opponenet Anthony Leone at the Bellator 28 fights in New Orleans LA.
Fighters touch gloves and Georgi through out a left and a low kick to start. Leone comes back with a wilder one two and clinches with [...]
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan Makes Weight for Bellator 28
Bellator Fighting Championships today hosted official fighter weigh-ins for Bellator 28, and all 18 event competitors successfully made weight.
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan at Bellator 28 on Septemeber 9th in New Orleans
Bellator Fighting Championships continues to add to its roster, signing UFC veteran Alvin Robinson to face Bellator standout HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan. The two will meet in a featherweight feature bout at Bellator 28 on Sept. 9 in New Orleans.
Sources close to the bout on Wednesday confirmed the signing to MMAWeekly.com.
Karakhanyan (13-2-1) is one of Bellator’s [...]
All 3 HyeFighters Make Weight
All three HyeFighters, Georgi Karakhanyan, Jared Papazian & Haik Tsaturyan make weight for their “Respect In The Cage” MMA fights on Saturday night July 24th at the Hollywood Palladium.
Bellator announces Karakhanyan vs Skelly for Sept 9
Bellator Fighting Championships has announced that Bellator 28 will be broadcasting from the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts in downtown New Orleans on Thursday, Sept. 9th.
The show marks the first time that a major MMA promotion has traveled to New Orleans in nearly 10 years. Tickets go on sale at 1 p.m.
The [...]
3 HyeFighters On Same Card
Saturday July 24th will be another one of those unforgettable fight night in Hollywood CA at the Palladium. Not one, not two, but THREE HyeFighters are scheduled to fight at the “Respect In The Cage” MMA fight night.
The three HyeFighters scheduled to fight are, Georgi Karakhanyan, Jared Papazian and Haik Tsaturyan.
If you live in the [...]
Pride, Honor and an Undying Fighting Spirit: Armenians in MMA
by Sam Nassar Correspondent for the Bleacher Report:
With a past of oppression and sadness in their history, Armenians have shown themselves to have a fighter’s spirit that will not extinguish.
After near annihilation due to Genocide committed by the Ottoman Turks in 1915, the Armenian population had lost 1.5 million brothers and sisters in the slaughter.
With [...]
HyeFighter Karakhanyan Loses Decision
In the evening’s first televised contest former Olympic wrestler Joe Warren displayed the value of a grappling base as his non-stop takedown attack allowed him to earn a victory over Georgi Karakhanyan on the judges’ cards.
Despite Warren’s control of the positioning, it was Karakhanyan who routinely threatened from the bottom. Guillotine chokes, knee-bars, arm-bars – [...]
Is HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan the Most Dangerous Featherweight in Bellator?
On April 8th, 2010, Georgi Karakhanyan shocked Bellator fans by knocking out the highly skilled Bao Quach, thus advancing to the featherweight semifinals. But will Karakhanyan be able to effectively demonstrate his fighting expertise on the road to current featherweight champ Joe Soto?
For starters, Karakhanyan is 13-1-1. His only loss was by split decision early [...]
Behind the HyeFighter – Georgi Karakhanyan
From Fight Hub TV:
With a highlight KO win over Bao Quach at Bellator 13, Georgi Karakhanyan certainly got the attention of every competitor in the Bellator Featherweight tournament. It was a explosive start to Bellator’s second season as Karakhanyan joined the likes of Toby Imada, Yahir Reyes and Nick Pace to mark his place in [...]
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan KO’s Quach
Bellator XIII: Bao Quach vs. Georgi Karakhanyan
The opening tournament bout of Bellator’s second season ended in dramatic fashion as explosive featherweight Georgi Karakhanyan delivered the season’s first highlight-reel finish.
Opponent Bao Quach began the fight in fine fashion, dropping Karakhanyan with a right hand early and earning two takedowns in later action. But Karakhanyan remained [...]
HyeFighter Georgi Makes Weight
Georgi “Insane” Karakhanyan has made weight for his Bellator fight on Thursday night April 8th against Bao Quach. Georgi called HyeFighters to tell us he is in great shape and feeling great. He wanted to send out a special thanks to all who have supported him and has promissed to fight like a champion tomorrow [...]
Opportunity To Sponsor a HyeFighter
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan has signed an exclusive contract with BELLATOR FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Season 2 which kicks off April 8th, 2010.
Bellator Fighting Championships will broadcast its second and third seasons on FOX Sports Net, NBC, Telemundo and The Score Net TV in Canada through a unique and landscape-altering alliance. Bellator’s first-of-its-kind, tournament-based mixed martial arts (MMA) [...]
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhnyan To Face Bao Quach on April 8th.
CHICAGO, Ill. (February 23, 2010) – With its first Season 2 event now less than eight weeks away, Bellator Fighting Championships today revealed the Round 1 matchups for its much-anticipated, nationally-televised featherweight tournament.
The four fights will take place during Bellator’s first two Season 2 events on April 8th at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & [...]
HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan Interview with ULTMMA
King Georgi- At age 24 Georgi Karakhanyan is MMA ‘s best unsigned prospect – as published in ULTMMA
Riverside, CA- HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan is on the brink of greatness. For a fighter in his mid-20s he is surprisingly humble about his MMA accomplishments. Twelve wins one loss and one draw don’t jump off the [...]
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