It was a night to remember for Georgi Karakhanyan at Bellator 240 in more ways than one.
The Bellator veteran picked up a submission victory over Irish fan favorite Paul Redmond on the preliminary card at 3Arena in Dublin, then revealed backstage after his win that his son had been born DURING his fight.
“She just actually had it already,” he told reporters backstage after his victory. “I haven’t talked to her, but it’s my baby boy. ‘Little Georgi’, I call him – Georgi Jr. First time in Dublin, the baby’s born. I just went with the experience. I never went through this (before) and I’m all about experiences, so I’m very happy.”
Remarkably, that wasn’t the only fight week drama for Karakhanyan (29-10-1 MMA, 7-7 BMMA), who also revealed that his friends got involved in an altercation with some local hooligans in a kebab shop before fight night.
“I love Dublin – all the people here are cool … except a few hooligans who tried to beat up my homies,” he said. “They were having a kebab at a kebab place at Temple Bar, and something crazy happened, and I guess they started throwing chairs at them. They kept their calm. I’m happy they didn’t beat them up.”
Fortunately, Karakhanyan’s team left it to Georgi to look after the fighting on their Dublin trip, and he got the job done inside the Bellator cage thanks to a second-round guillotine choke.
