Vadim Nemkov vs. Corey Anderson 3 has formally been scrapped from PFL’s upcoming Dubai debut card on Jan. 25.
PFL officers confirmed the information to MMA Preventing on Tuesday.
The combat cancellation was initially revealed by Anderson after he changed PFL veteran Ante Delija and moved as much as heavyweight for the possibility to face Nemkov once more. Anderson was in search of some closure after he largely dominated Nemkov of their first encounter, however the combat led to a no-contest after an unintentional conflict of heads.
Within the rematch, Nemkov received a unanimous resolution to say the Bellator gentle heavyweight title earlier than vacating the belt to maneuver to heavyweight. Anderson sought out the third combat towards Nemkov however now the matchup is now not occurring.
In his preliminary announcement, Anderson blasted Nemkov for accepting the combat after which later deciding he didn’t need the matchup in January.
“Woke as much as a textual content this morning from PFL and Bellator saying ‘Vadim refuses to combat you,’” Anderson mentioned on Instagram. “Verbatim their phrases is ‘you’re too robust of a combat for him. That’s what he says however he desires to remain on the cardboard and combat a lesser opponent. Can’t make these items up.
“You name your self the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter within the group, however you’re scared to combat any person that you simply’ve already fought twice on seven weeks’ discover.”
Now the combat has formally been scrapped from the cardboard with PFL actively searching for out a brand new co-main occasion for the January present.
The PFL card in Dubai is headlined by a light-weight title combat as Bellator champion Usman Nurmagomedov places his belt up for grabs towards fast-rising star Paul Hughes.
