Sanchez vs Karakhanyan

Who won Sanchez vs Karakhanyan?

Emmanuel Sanchez beat Georgi Karakhanyan by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of Bellator 218, on Friday 22nd March 2019 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Emmanuel Sanchez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Sanchez vs Karakhanyan stats

Emmanuel Sanchez stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Georgi Karakhanyan made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 14 by submission.

Emmanuel Sanchez's Bellator record stood at 12-8-0, while Georgi Karakhanyan's came in at 9-12-0.

The stats suggested Karakhanyan had an advantage in power over Sanchez, with a 25% knock out percentage over Sanchez's 6%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Karakhanyan had a slight advantage over Sanchez, with a 50% submission rate over Sanchez's 41%.

Emmanuel Sanchez was the younger man by 5 years, at 33 years old.

Sanchez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Karakhanyan. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Sanchez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 16 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 years and 1 month later than Karakhanyan, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 23 less professional rounds, 75 to Karakhanyan's 98.

Sanchez vs Karakhanyan form

Emmanuel Sanchez had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jeremy Kennedy at Bellator MMA on 3rd December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Mads Burnell at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had won against Daniel Weichel at Bellator 252 on 12th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had beaten Georgi Karakhanyan at Bellator 218 on 22nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

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Sanchez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Karakhanyan's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 1 month and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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