MARCH 9th TACHI PALACE FIGHTS
HyeFighter TPF Champ Karakhanyan To Defend His Belt On March 9th
Featherweight champion HyeFighter Georgi Karakhanyan has an opponent for his next Tachi Palace Fights title bout.
Georgi Karakhanyan confirmed today withHyeFighters.com (www.HyeFighters.com) that he (17-3-1 MMA, 1-0 TPF) will take on 24-year-old Micah Miller (17-4 MMA, 2-0 TPF), who recently had a short stint on “The Ultimate Fighter 14.”
“TPF 12: Second Coming” takes place March 9 at Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, Calif.
The card is expected to stream online.
Karakhanyan recently claimed the vacant title with a first-round submission victory over Isaac DeJesus at TPF 11. The bout, which marked his Tachi debut, extended his win streak to three fights, all of which have come via submission. In fact, the California-based Armenian’s only losses in his past 15 fights came under the Bellator banner to notables Joe Warren and Patricio Freire in featherweight-tournament bouts.
The former pro soccer player now takes on, Miller who also enters the bout with a three-fight win streak (and six wins in his past seven fights). The lone defeat came in Japan to current UFC fighter Michihiro Omigawa. Miller, the younger brother of UFC vet Cole Miller, entered “TUF 14″ as one of the show’s early favorites this past year, but Steven Siler upset the WEC veteran and American Top Team fighter an elimination-round bout.
After that, Miller picked up Tachi wins over Diego Saraiva and DeJesus.
This fight has all the makings of a war!!!!
Karakhanyan-Miller Tachi Title Tilt Targeted for March 9
Jan 24, 2012By Mike Whitman
A featherweight championship showdown between Tachi Palace Fights titleholder Georgi Karakhanyan and WEC veteran Micah Miller will take place at TPF 12 “Second Coming,”promotion officials recently announced.
The event is scheduled for March 9 at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, Calif., and is expected to stream online. Karakhanyan-Miller marks the card’s first confirmed bout.
A veteran of two Bellator Fighting Championships featherweight tournaments, Karakhanyan racked up a promotional record of 2-2 before exiting the Chicago-based organization last year. Since his departure from Bellator, the 26-year-old has posted three consecutive victories, most recently capturing the vacant TPF strap by finishingIsaac DeJesus with a triangle choke on Dec. 2.
Fans of “The Ultimate Fighter” may recall that Miller was featured on the debut episode of Season 14, falling by submission to Steven Siler in a qualifying exhibition bout. The 24-year-old’s last official bout took place Dec. 2, 2010, at TPF 7, where he submitted DeJesus with a neck crank exactly one year prior to Karakhanyan’s submission win over the former champion.
Champ Georgi Karakhanyan meets Micah Miller at Tachi Palace Fights 12
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Jan 23, 2012 at 6:30 pm ET
The card is expected to stream online.
Karakhanyan recently claimed the vacant title with a first-round submission victory over Isaac DeJesus at TPF 11. The bout, which marked his Tachi debut, extended his win streak to three fights, all of which have come via submission. In fact, the California-based Armenian’s only losses in his past 15 fights came under the Bellator banner to notables Joe Warren and Patricio Freire in featherweight-tournament bouts.
The former pro soccer player now takes on, Miller who also enters the bout with a three-fight win streak (and six wins in his past seven fights). The lone defeat came in Japan to current UFC fighter Michihiro Omigawa. Miller, the younger brother of UFC vet Cole Miller, entered “TUF 14″ as one of the show’s early favorites this past year, but Steven Siler upset the WEC veteran and American Top Team fighter an elimination-round bout.
After that, Miller picked up Tachi wins over Diego Saraiva and DeJesus
Georgi Karakhanyan Defends against Micah Miller
Georgi Karakhanyan Defends Tachi Palace Fights Belt Against Micah Miller
Posted on January 23, 2012 by Damon Martin
mmaweekly.com
Tachi Palace Fights featherweight champion Georgi Karakhanyan will put his belt on the line on March 9 against former WEC stand-out Micah Miller.
Tachi Palace Fights officials confirmed the bout on Monday.
Following his run in Bellator Fighting Championships, former pro soccer player Georgi Karakhanyan has found success again under the Tachi Palce Fights banner.
Going 3-0 in his last three fights, Karakhanyan has managed to submit his last trio of opponents in the first round, while also capturing the Tachi Palace Fights featherweight strap.
Hoping to take the title away from him will be former WEC and ‘Ultimate Fighter’ hopeful Micah Miller.
The American Top Team fighter has won his last three fights in a row, two of which took place in Tachi Palace Fights. Miller came up short in his bid to make the cast of the 14th season of the ‘Ultimate Fighter’, but now looks to add Tachi’s gold to his waist instead.
Tachi Palace Fights 12 will take place on Friday, March 9 from the Tachi Palace Casino in California.