Corey Anderson believes his case for being the best light heavyweight on the planet currently is as strong as anyones.
Anderson spoke with the media at the pre-fight press conference for Bellator 277 ahead of his showdown with reigning Bellator light heavyweight champion, Vadim Nemkov, in the finals of the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix this Friday night, and pushed back against the critics who suggest he isn't the world's best 205-pound fighter at the moment.
“You can say what you want to say — I beat the UFC champ. Handily. On two-week notice,” Anderson said (h/t MMA Fighting). “There wasn’t one scorecard that went his way. So what are you saying? Yeah, I got knocked out [by Blachowicz in 2020] — people get knocked out. ‘You got caught by Jan.’ But you go back and watch that [first] fight I did against him [in 2015], my fifth or sixth fight ever — boy, I milked him like a cow. It was the easiest fight I’ve had. I’m just being honest. I was just taking him down left and right. Then I went out there with a cocky mindset in the last fight [against Blachowicz], like I said, I was playing games, I wasn’t thinking about the business anymore. Like, ‘Oh, I beat the dude before, I’m going to go out here and show how [good of a striker I am].’ And it cost me. But if I go out there serious and do what I do, I’m untouchable.”
He's ready for #Bellator277!@CoreyA_MMA enters the #BellatorLHWGP final in the best form of his career and he's ready to take the gold!@SHOsports @SAPCenter Friday, April 15th pic.twitter.com/KEOUoigZQG
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