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УНЦАСВИЛЛЕ, Цонн. -Беллатор 257: Немков против. Дејвис 2 saw incumbent 205-pound champion Вадим Немков (13-3) retain his championship, he now awaits his future opponent. У сарадњи-главни догађај, #3-ранкедЦореи Андерсон (15-5) advanced to the semi-finals to face #4 ranked pound-for-pound athleteРајан Бадер(28-6, 1 НЦ) at a future date in the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix.
BELLATOR MMA returns to action on May 7 with a bantamweight world title fight pitting c-Јуан Арцхулета (25-2) против #1 ранкедSergio Pettis (20-5) and a Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix opening round pairing between the debutingАнтхони "Румбле" Јохнсон(22-6) иЈоел Ромеро(13-5) to determine Nemkov’s next title challenger.Беллатор 258 airs exclusively on SHOWTIME at 9 п.м. ЕТ / 6 п.м. ПТ.
“Rumble”had this to say about his upcoming BELLATOR debut on SHOWTIME: “You know how I fight. I come out there and throw bombs. If you get in the way and get hit, that’s just what happens. Romero is a hell of an athlete. We all have watched him fight. For his age, which to me doesn’t play a factor at all, he’s a beast. I’m very excited to fight a man of his caliber. He’s a true challenge to anybody that he faces. I look forward to testing myself against him. He’s definitely an opponent that I respect. Somebody that I know I’ll enjoy fighting and the fans will enjoy it too.
“Right now, I can’t look past Yoel. I really can’t. I don’t look that far ahead. I have goals, but right now I got one of the toughest individuals you can possibly face in my face May 7. I’m looking forward to it and I just need to focus on Yoel. I’m just going to let the dice roll the way they’re going to roll and whoever makes it to the next round, I’ll focus on that later. Odmah, I just need to focus on one individual and everybody else is not even on my radar right now. I just got to focus on the man that’s trying to knock my head off.”
БЕЛЛАТОР ММА 257: Nemkov vs. Davis 2 Главни картица:
ц-Вадим Немков (13-2) поражен #2-Пхил Давис (22-5, 1 НЦ) једногласна одлука (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)
Вадим Немков: “My plan was to out-strike him today and defend the wrestling. I’m pretty happy with my performance but I had some mistakes and I’m going to work on them for next time.
“It’s very hard to knock out Phil Davis so I was getting ready for a five round fight and I knew it was going to go the distance. Our conditioning was on point.
“Both fighters [Johnson and Romero] are very unpredictable. They can strike or wrestle. I’m a champion and I’m ready for whoever wins that fight. It doesn’t matter to me who I face. Both fighters are really good on the ground or standup and it’s going to be a good fight for me either way.”
#3-Цореи Андерсон (15-5) пораженДовлетдзхан Иагсхимурадов (18-6-1) ТКО (ударци) у 2:15 рунде три
Corey Anderson on facing Ryan Bader: "I love the matchup with Bader. I love the matchup with anybody in this tournament. I love the matchup with any 205-er in the world because I know how good I am. I’m just going to show the rest of the world that. Me and Bader, we have history from training together and like I said, one person knows. He knows. We’re just going to find out in July when we match up. One man has to go out there and make the statement on TV.
“He knows who he’s matched up against. That’s all. I ain’t one of those dudes who’s going to put the film out there on Instagram because that ain’t a good sport. But at the same time, he knows. We know. They know it’s going to be a tough match. He’s gotten better. I’ve gotten better. He knows it’s going to be a war. It’s not like he’s going to go in there and take me down like he does with all these other guys. Because he knows. He knows he ain’t gonna go out there and out-strike me.”
#7-вета Артеага(6-4) пораженDesiree Yanez (5-3) преко одлуке већине (28-28, 29-27, 29-27)
вета Артеага: “My overall goal is to have another opportunity at the title shot. One fight at a time. I wasn’t overlooking Desiree at all and I’ve just been watching all the females that fight in this division to see who I may be potentially fighting. I’m excited to hopefully climb right back up in the rankings and have another title shot.”
Паул Далеи (47-17-2) defeated #8-Сабах Хомаси (15-9) ТКО (ударци) у 1:44 рунде два
Paul Daley on who is next…
“Whoever fancies it. Whoever struggles to get down to 170 and feels like 175 is a good division for them, I’ll fight them. I’ve been in with the best at 170 and now I’m saying here on SHOWTIME and around the world that the 175-pound division is my division. If you want the belt, f*cking come and get it.”
Прелиминарни картица:
#1-Јулија Будд (15-3) пораженDayana Silva (9-6) преко Сплита одлуке (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
#5-Јулиус Англицкас (10-1) пораженГрегори Миллиард (12-5) једногласна одлука (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
#7-Стеве Моври(9-0) пораженShaun Asher (13-4-1) ТКО (ударци) у :55 округлог једног
Grachik Bozinyan (11-4) пораженDemarques Jackson (11-5) једногласна одлука (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Раимонд Даниелс(3-1, 1 НЦ) пораженПетер Станоник (4-4, 1 НЦ) једногласна одлука (30-26, 30-27, 30-26)
Ланце Гибсон Јр. (4-0) пораженМарцус Сурин (6-3) једногласна одлука (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
карл Албректссон (11-3) пораженВиктор Немков (30-8-1) једногласна одлука (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
#10-Mads Burnell(15-3) пораженСаул Рогерс (14-4) субмиссион (позади-Накед Цхоке) у 4:08 рунде два
#7-Jay-Jay Wilson (8-0) поражен #4-Педро Царвалхо (11-5) ТКО (штрајкови) у :53 рунде два
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