SAN JOSE, Calif. – A clearly frustrated Corey Anderson said he won’t stop until he’s officially Bellator’s light heavyweight champion – with a belt, not just a fight he was cruising in that won’t be on the record books.
In the Bellator 277 co-main event, Anderson (16-5 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) challenged 205-pound champion Vadim Nemkov (15-2 MMA, 7-0 BMMA) for the title in a bout that doubled as the grand prix final – and would have come with an extra $1 million paycheck on top of Anderson’s $250,000 flat purse for the fight.
But late in the third round, Anderson, after dominating the champion on the ground for the better part of 10 minutes, inadvertently clashed heads with Nemkov. He knew it right away and signaled to referee Frank Trigg what had happened.
