Primus, 36, showcased his strength on the mat as he dominated Henderson, 37, and threatened with submissions throughout the match-up. Primus calls for title shot after Henderson win Primus' win over Henderson avenged his loss to Islam Mamedov last time out at Bellator 263įormer Bellator lightweight champion Brent Primus claimed victory over former UFC champion Benson Henderson, then demanded that he receive the first title shot at the new 155lb champion. "But Ryan being a friend of mine, I hate the fact that we had to fight and it had to happen like this, but somebody had to lose." I've been at the top with three fights on the regional circuit, and to make it here is truly a blessing. For everything that I've been through, everything that I've done," Anderson told Bellator fight analyst John McCarthy after his victory. Īnd on fight night Anderson backed up his pre-fight confidence with a stunning display as he finished the former two-division champion in just 51 seconds to book his place in the grand prix final, where a shot at the light heavyweight title awaits. In the night's first light heavyweight grand prix semi-final, Anderson scored a quickfire TKO finish of current heavyweight champion and former 205lb king Ryan Bader to surge into the tournament finale.īefore the fight, Anderson, 32, had suggested that he had enjoyed the better of the exchanges when the pair trained together earlier in their careers. It also saw the Stary Oskol native advance to the final of the Bellator light heavyweight grand prix, where he will take on former UFC contender Corey 'Overtime' Anderson for the tournament title.Īnderson TKO's Bader to blast into tournament final Nemkov's victory improved his record to 15 wins, two losses and cemented his status as the man to beat in Bellator's talent-stacked 205lb division. "So I decided that, OK, next time I'm going to pretend to go for an armbar, then switch to a Kimura." "I tried for a few armbars, and he was slipping and kind of getting on top of me," he said. Nemkov then revealed the secret behind his submission finish as he switched techniques on his opponent after unsuccessfully attempting to force the tap with armbars.
I hit him with a few good shots and realised it's not going to happen, so I decided to go with submissions." "The reason I went more to grappling was because he's got a hard head. I just kinda fell," he explained after the fight. "He caught me, but I wasn't knocked down. The fans inside the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona briefly thought they were about to witness a shock when Julius Anglickas - a short-notice replacement for quarter-final winner Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson - dropped the champion with a big right hand inside the opening 90 seconds of the fight.īut it was one-way traffic for the remainder of the fight as Nemkov, 29, recovered well and went on to dominate the action until he forced Anglickas to submit to a Kimura armlock with 35 seconds remaining in the fourth round.
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