Pursuit of the same prize has placed Georgi Karakhanyan and Daniel Weichel on a path to inescapable confrontation.
In what has the hallmarks of a potential title eliminator at 145 pounds, Karakhanyan will meet Weichel in the Bellator 147 co-headliner on Friday at the San Jose State University Event Center in San Jose, Calif. The winner could emerge as the No. 1 contender for the Bellator MMA featherweight championship that currently rests upon the shoulder of Daniel Straus.
Karakhanyan has won 10 of his last 11 fights and last appeared at Bellator 132 in January, when he choked Bubba Jenkins unconscious with a first-round guillotine.