Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-08-21, good fight between Ryan Bader and Vadim Nemkov: it gets three stars.
The current Bellator Hw, light-Hw champion and Tuf 8 tournament winner
Ryan Bader entered this fight with a professional mma record of 27-5-0 (55% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the
No.2 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is
Jon Jones). He suffered his last loss when he faced Anthony Johnson in 2016 (
Johnson vs Bader) since then he has won seven fights defeating Matt Mitrione (
Ryan Bader vs Matt Mitrione) and Fedor Emelianenko in his last two (
Fedor Emelianenko vs Ryan Bader); after this bout he has also faced Cheick Kongo but the bout ended in a no-contest (
Ryan Bader vs Cheick Kongo).
His opponent, the four time Combat Sambo world champ
Vadim Nemkov, has an official record of 11-2-0 (
91% finishing rate) and he entered as the
No.6 in the same weight class. He suffered two losses between 2015 and 2016, against Jiri Prochazka (
Jiri Prochazka vs Vadim Nemkov) and Karl Albrektsson, but then he has won six bouts beating Phil Davis (
Phil Davis vs Vadim Nemkov) and Rafael Carvalho in his last two (
Rafael Carvalho vs Vadim Nemkov). Nemkov vs Bader, main event of Bellator 244, is valid for the Bellator light heavyweight title. Watch the video and
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