Corey Anderson knew he was mere seconds away from defeating Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 277, but an accidental headbutt saw the fight end without the definitive outcome he hoped for.
Anderson challenged Nemkov on Friday for the light heavyweight championship, which also served as the Bellator Light Heavyweight Grand Prix finale. With a win over Nemkov, ‘Overtime’ would have won the belt and taken home an extra $1 million paycheck. Anderson left the Bellator cage with neither of those prizes after a fight-ending clash of heads led to the unfortunate result.
Near the end of the third round, Anderson was dominating in side control and raining down punches on Nemkov.