The 30-year-old Russian will put his Bellator MMA light heavyweight championship on the line against onetime Olympic silver medalist Yoel Romero in the Bellator 290 co-main event on Feb. 4.
MMA Fighting’s Alexander K. Lee takes a look back at recent overlooked battles, including a truly scary face-first slam KO, a five-second finish at KSW 73, one of the year’s most controversial boxing endings, and more!