April 17 will be held Bellator 257, where the first leg of the Bellator Light Heavyweight Grand Prix will take place. In one of the confrontations a Russian Vadim Nemkov fight against Phil Davis...
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The beginning of the battle Nemkov - Davis - no earlier than 7:00 Moscow time on April 17.
Vadim has been fighting in Bellator since 2017 and has never lost there. He is currently on a seven-wins streak (5 at Bellator). The Russian's resume becomes more promising with each fight, and victories over Filipe Lins, Liam McGeary, Phil Davis, Rafael Carvalho, Ryan Bader made him the third light heavyweight in the Fightmatrix ranking. Now Nemkov owns the champion belt, which he earned by defeating Beijder. Before playing in America, Vadim fought in the Japanese Rizin FF, where he suffered two defeats. In total, the Russian has 14 fights and 12 victories.
His rival is Phil Davis, Bellator's top fighter and former All-American wrestler. He made his MMA debut in 2008 and two years later signed to the UFC, where he was in the top ten contenders for a long time. There, Phil defeated such fighters as Alexander Gustafsson, Tim Betch, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Lyoto Machida, Glover Teixeira. After five years in the world's strongest promotion, Davis left for Bellator, where he won the Light Heavyweight Grand Prix. The 36-year-old fighter goes to Scott Cocker's organization at a 9-2 record.