Andrey Koreshkov remains a key cog in Bellator MMA’s welterweight wheel.
The well-versed Russian will once again find himself in the spotlight when he takes on Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Chance Rencountre in the Bellator 274 co-main event on Saturday at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Koreshkov enters the cage on the heels of back-to-back wins. He last competed at Bellator 264, where he laid claim to a unanimous decision over American Top Team’s Sabah Homasi on Aug. 13.
As Koreshkov draws out his battleplan for his forthcoming encounter with Rencountre, here are five things you might not know about him: