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Bellator 257: Corey Anderson on Beating Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov, Bader
Bellator 257: Corey Anderson on Beating Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov, Bader!
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About This Sports Courier Bellator 257 post fight interview: Corey “Overtime” Anderson discusses going 2-0 in Bellator, defeating Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov via second round TKO (punches) in the first round of the $1 million Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix, facing Ryan Bader in the next round, and why he’s so much happier now that he’s no longer in Dana White’s UFC.
Bellator 257 results and event facts
- Date: April 16, 2021
- Venue: Mohegan Sun Arena
- City: Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
Main Card (Showtime)
- Vadim Nemkov (c) def. Phil Davis via Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47) (Round 5, 5:00; Light Heavyweight; Bellator Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament Quarter-Final bout for the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Championship)
- Corey Anderson def. Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov via TKO (elbows and punches) (Round 3, 2:15; Light Heavyweight; Bellator Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament Quarter-Final bout)
- Veta Arteaga def. Desiree Yanez via Decision (majority) (28–28, 29–27, 29–27) (Round 3, 5:00; Women’s Flyweight; Arteaga was deducted a point in Round 2 due to knees to a downed Yanez)
- Paul Daley def. Sabah Homasi via TKO (punches) (Round 2, 1:44; Catchweight (175 lb))
Preliminary card (Youtube/Pluto TV)
- Julia Budd def. Dayana Silva via Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) (Round 3, 5:00; Women’s Featherweight)
- Julius Anglickas def. Gregory Milliard via Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) (Round 3, 5:00; Light Heavyweight)
- Steve Mowry def. Shaun Asher via TKO (knee and punches) (Round 1, 0:55; Heavyweight)
- Grachik Bozinyan def. Demarques Jackson via Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) (Round 3, 5:00; Welterweight)
- Raymond Daniels def. Peter Stanonik via Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–26) (Round 3, 5:00; Welterweight)
- Lance Gibson Jr. def. Marcus Surin via Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) (Round 3, 5:00; Lightweight)
- Karl Albrektsson def. Viktor Nemkov via Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) (Round 3, 5:00; Light Heavyweight)
- Mads Burnell def. Saul Rogers via Submission (rear-naked choke) (Round 2, 4:08; Featherweight)
- Jay-Jay Wilson def. Pedro Carvalho via TKO (punches) (Round 2, 0:53; Catchweight (146.75 lb); Wilson missed weight and was fined 20% of his purse)
(c) = champion going into the match.
Source: Wikipedia.org (adapted, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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