Do you still feel emotional when you think about how that went? How much of it factors into your day-to-day approach to the rematch?ĬOREY ANDERSON: The only thing I take into consideration is the way the fight was going for a decision, what it is now, and then what we can do about that took me a couple weeks to get to that point.ĭoing media after the fight, it started to really get to me. SAM DUNN: You were five seconds away from what would have been a well-deserved dub against Nemkov. The following is Boardroom’s conversation with Corey Anderson, edited for length and clarity. Such are the stakes for a man who knows more than a little about steaks.
If just a few more seconds had elapsed and Nemkov was unable to continue after three rounds of five had been completed, Anderson could have been awarded the world title. According to the official rules, the bout had to be ruled a No Contest. Their first bout unfortunately ended in controversy - at Bellator 277 in April, an inadvertent Anderson headbutt late in the third round compelled the referee to stop the fight after an untenable cut opened over the champ’s eye.
18 at Bellator 288 in Chicago, he’s set for a rematch with incumbent champ Vadim Nemkov. With all this in mind, perhaps you wouldn’t be surprised that the self-described country boy was a veteran MMA contender at the doorstep of his first world championship and a $1 million payday in the finale of Bellator’s Light Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament.
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