Vadim Nemkov is the final fighter to have held the Bellator MMA mild heavywieght title and the present PFL heavyweight competitor has re-signed with Skilled Fighters League for a number of years. PFL figurehead Donn Davis took to his personal X page to sign increase the announcement of the brand new contractual settlement with one in all MMA’s high pound-for-pound fighters right this moment.
Davis teased potential large fights for the protege of Fedor Emelianenko with the likes of Francis Ngannou, Renan Ferreira, and Oleg Popov. The information was first put on the market as a report by Fighttime.ru previous to Davis’ announcement confirming issues on social media.
In an interview with the Russian outlet, Nemkov did verify that there have been some talks with the UFC previous to his eventual determination to return to the PFL Good Cage. In a translated passage by way of Google Translate from the referenced interview, Nemkov stated [via Sherdog],
“I’ve signed a brand new contract with the PFL now. When the earlier one ended, there have been negotiations with the UFC, however there have been misunderstandings, plus the circumstances had been twice as dangerous as within the PFL. If I had been 20-25 years previous, I’d most likely go to the UFC, however they made it clear to me that they aren’t notably all for fighters from Russia.”
Vadim Nemkov’s journey re-signing with PFL
That being stated, whereas Vadim Nemkov did re-sign with PFL, he didn’t rule out a possible foray to the UFC as soon as this contract wraps up as Nemkov said [via Sherdog],
“If I handle to win right here in opposition to everybody and all the things, then I believe in two years, maybe, there will probably be a special angle.”
The 33-year-old has a powerful resume in combined martial arts with 4 profitable defenses of his 205 pound Bellator MMA crown and Nemkov has transitioned to heavyweight as soon as Bellator MMA was acquired by PFL. The Russian standout has put collectively wins over former PFL champion Bruno Cappelozza and ex-UFC vet Tim Johnson since transferring up in weight.
Nemkov has notched wins over the lieks of Ryan Bader, Corey Anderson, Yoel Romero, Phil Davis twice, Rafael Carvalho, and Liam McGeary to call however a number of. Additionally of word, per the Fighttime.ru report, Nemkov is focusing on a November return to the PFL.
