Russian heavyweight Kirill Sidelnikov in a conversation with , he offered to set up a fight for the Bellator light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov against the holder of the league heavyweight belt ryan bader in the American Division.
On Friday night, USA’s Nemkov in the Bellator 297 tournament main event defeated Cuba’s Yoel Romero by unanimous decision and defended his light heavyweight belt. Nemkov, 30, has 16 wins and two losses.
In August 2020, Nemkov won the Bellator light heavyweight belt in a fight with American Ryan Bader and then the Russian won the light heavyweight Grand Prix. Bader, 40, has 31 wins and seven losses. The American beat Fedor Emelianenko twice and was also stronger than Team Fedor’s Valentin Moldavsky.
Romero lasted five rounds. His head is strong… But it was a beating. Even the statistics are clear. And I know Vadim can strike. And Romero took and withstood those blows. This is Romero’s only merit – stamina and endurance. Well, probably nobody expected more from him. And Vadim showed a great fight. And Vadim was probably more tired of constantly beating Romero.
– With whom will Nemkov fight next? Well, the fourth fight with conditional Phil Davis or the third with Corey Anderson…
– (Laughs). I don’t know how Vadim’s team will negotiate. But I will give my opinion as a fan of Vadim Nemkov and a bit of an MMA fan – I would be interested to see Vadim against Bader in the heavyweight division. Indeed, in the light heavyweight division, Vadim has killed everyone, there are no other interesting opponents for me yet. And then go out to heavyweight and immediately fight for the belt with Bader … It seems to me that this option will be of interest to all parties – and Vadim, and the league, and Bader, – Sidelnikov told .
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Source : MatchTV
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