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 struggle 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 struggle led to a no-contest after an unintentional conflict of heads.
Within the rematch, Nemkov received a unanimous resolution to assert the Bellator mild heavyweight title earlier than vacating the belt to maneuver to heavyweight. Anderson sought out the third struggle in opposition to Nemkov however now the matchup is now not taking place.
In his preliminary announcement, Anderson blasted Nemkov for accepting the struggle 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 struggle you,’” Anderson mentioned on Instagram. “Verbatim their phrases is ‘you’re too powerful of a struggle for him. That’s what he says however he needs to remain on the cardboard and struggle a lesser opponent. Can’t make these things up.
“You name your self the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter within the group, however you’re scared to struggle any individual that you just’ve already fought twice on seven weeks’ discover.”
Now the struggle has formally been scrapped from the cardboard with PFL actively looking for out a brand new co-main occasion for the January present.
The PFL card in Dubai is headlined by a light-weight title struggle as Bellator champion Usman Nurmagomedov places his belt up for grabs in opposition to fast-rising star Paul Hughes.
