Russian welterweight Andrei Koreshkov in an interview with , he commented on the announced Bellator championship title fight between Jason Jackson And Ramazan Kuramagomedov .
Kuramagomedov, 27, will fight for the Bellator title against current welterweight belt holder Jason Jackson in a tournament on June 22 in Dublin. For Kuramagomedov, this fight will be the third fight in the Bellator league and the 13th in his professional career, where the Russian has no defeats. Koreshkov became Bellator champion in the same category in 2015 and later defended his title.
— If we talk about welterweight (up to 77.1 kg), were you surprised by the first defeat in Yaroslav Amosov’s career against Jason Jackson?
— Honestly, before this fight, I saw Jackson’s advantage in striking technology. And he knew he was a good fighter. He is one of those fighters who is not very comfortable. He fights well, hits well. And he has this trait: he adapts very well to the fighters he fights. And before the fight, I thought that if he could stop Amosov’s attempts to fight, he would win. Basically, he succeeded.
— Were you surprised that Ramazan Kuramagomedov became the number one contender for the title, after fighting only two fights in Bellator?
– Yes, but there were actually many prerequisites for this. Most of the best guys in our division re-signed with the PFL: Neiman Gracie, Logan Storley, Goichi Yamauchi, me. And right off the bat, it would be difficult for me to say who would remain among the best welterweights ready to fight. Maybe they needed someone who, let’s say, looks preferable on paper, but Kuramagomedov has two first wins in a row and no defeats,” Koreshkov told .
Koreshkov’s statistics in mixed martial arts are 27 wins and 4 losses. In 2023, it was announced that Bellator would be taken over by the PFL.
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Source : MatchTV
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