Vadim Nemkov vs. Corey Anderson 3 scrapped, PFL seeks new co-main occasion for Dubai card

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 prospect to face Nemkov once more. Anderson was searching for some closure after he largely dominated Nemkov of their first encounter, however the combat resulted in a no-contest after an unintended conflict of heads.

Within the rematch, Nemkov gained a unanimous resolution to assert the Bellator gentle heavyweight title earlier than vacating the belt to maneuver to heavyweight. Anderson sought out the third combat in opposition to Nemkov however now the matchup is 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 stated on Instagram. “Verbatim their phrases is ‘you’re too robust of a combat for him. That’s what he says however he needs 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 someone that you just’ve already fought twice on seven weeks’ discover.”

Now the combat has formally been scrapped from the cardboard with PFL actively in search of 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 in opposition to fast-rising star Paul Hughes.