Featherweights Georgi K and Emmanuel Sanchez at Bellator 170

A showdown pitting featherweights Georgi Karakhanyan(26-6-1) and Emmanuel Sanchez(13-3) was added to the ‘Bellator 170: Ortiz vs. Sonnen’ main card for January 21st, at The Forum in Los Angeles, California. After knocking out Bubba Jenkins in just 53 seconds at ‘Bellator 160: Henderson vs. Pitbull’ - definitely one of Karakhanyan’s most impressive performances ever – he ended Kirill Medvedovsky’s evening in 3:40 via TKO at ‘Bellator 164: Koreshkov vs. Lima 2’. As 20 victories out of 26 in his career came via stoppage, ‘Insane’ is now looking to be the first fighter to ever finish Emmanuel Sanchez in the octagon. Emmanuel Sanchez will be making his eight appearance in the Bellator MMA cage at The Forum in LA. The 26-year-old fighter, who trains at the famed Roufusport gym is riding a string of success, having won nine out of his last 11 bouts. ‘El Matador’ shows a record of 13 career wins, of which six have come by way of knockout or submission, facing names like Pat Curran, Justin Lawrence, Henry Corrales, and Daniel Weichel. After suffering multiple muscle strains during training, Sanchez was forced to pull out of his fight against A. J. McKee at ‘Bellator 167: Caldwell vs. Taimanglo 2’, which only made him all the hungrier to enter the cage against Georgi K in January.