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 as in favor of 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 ring with a record of 17 wins, 4 loses 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 ring with a record of 28 wins, 8 loses and 1 draw, with 7 of those wins by knock out and 14 by submission.

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

Emmanuel Sanchez was the younger man by 5 years, at 31 years old.

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

Sanchez was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 16 less fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 year and 1 month later than Karakhanyan, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 69 more professional rounds, 69 to Karakhanyan's 0.

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Sanchez's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.