He began training in martial arts at a young age, but found his true love in soccer.
Georgi made his first professional MMA debut on October 13, 2006, just after six months of training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
In 2011, Georgi returned for Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Four and faced Patrício Pitbull (Ranked #9 Featherweight in the world) in the first round.
De Jesus had never lost his title in a bout; he was stripped of it when he failed to make weight.
Karakhanyan defeated De Jesus via triangle choke at 4:02 in the first round to become the new Tachi Palace Fights Featherweight Champion.
Karakhanyan defeated Miller via unanimous decision to retain his Tachi Palace Fights Featherweight Championship.
The scorecard that gave the fight to Takaya was highly controversial, as Karakhanyan was considered by many to be the clear winner.
[4] But an injury to Glenn has forced him out of the title bout and replaced by undefeated featherweight Lance Palmer.
[6] Karakhanyan made the first defense of his title on June 21, 2014, at World Series of Fighting 10: Branch vs. Taylor against Ricky Glenn.
[10] However, Karakhanyan pulled out of the fight due to a torn ACL and was replaced by Bellator Season Ten Featherweight tournament winner Daniel Weichel.
After losing two fights in a row, Karakhanyan faced Bubba Jenkins in a rematch at Bellator 160 on August 26, 2016.
Jenkins was favored to win the rematch, but Karakhanyan won again, this time via knock out the first minute into the first round.
Karakhanyan made a quick return to the cage as he faced Kirill Medvedovsky at Bellator 164 on November 10, 2016.
He won the fight via TKO due to a doctor stoppage on a cut Pineda had suffered in the second round.
Karakhanyan released the choke when the referee intervened but at the time it was unclear whether it was due to the tap or the bell.
[19] In Karakhanyan's response in social media, he claimed that the promotion officials encouraged him to trash talk even more as the fight was gaining attention.
Karakhanyan replaced Ryan Scope on short notice at Bellator 240 on February 22, 2020, against Paul Redmond.