Not long ago, Georgi Karakhanyan was on the verge of fighting for featherweight gold in Bellator MMA before a knee injury derailed those plans.
Now, the former World Series of Fighting and Tachi Palace Fights 145-pound champion is planning on moving to lightweight in hopes of extending his career. The 31-year-old Milennia MMA representative expects to make his 155-pound debut sometime in 2017 following a 150-pound catch-weight showdown against Kirill Medvedovsky at Bellator 164 on Thursday. Bellator 164 will air via tape delay on Spike TV in the United States at 9 p.