Bellator’s best fighter regardless of weight class, Vadim Nemkov, commented on the impressive victory of his compatriot Magomed Ankalaev, who knocked out Brazilian Johnny Walker in a potential contender’s bout last weekend at UFC Fight Night 234 in Las Vegas.
“I didn’t watch the whole fight, only the ending,” the Russian said in an interview Sport24. “I understood it was one-wicket there. He can work like that, hard, aggressive, or he can work like he’s feeling sorry for himself. It’s like he’s got a block to his head and it’s not letting him engage one hundred percent.”
“He usually takes rematches. Take the same situation when he beat me in the amateurs in Russia in 2015. He went to the world championships and lost to a fighter from Ukraine with a triangle. He came out, knocked him down, went for the takedown, and got caught with a triangle. And the next year this fighter just got run over. He often has that problem that the first fight he can’t adjust. I think if there’s a second fight with Blachowicz, there’s going to be a one-sided beating of Blachowicz there just”
Nemkov also confirmed information that his next fight will take place on February 24 at the PFL and Bellator co-main event in Saudi Arabia.
“The fight has been announced. They told me the date, the opponent, but I can’t name him yet. It will be a non-championship heavyweight fight.”
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/33663-vadim-nemkov-nazval-glavnuyu-problemu-magomeda-ankalaeva.html?rand=19907
