This is a competitor, after all, who fought seven times from Nov. 2011-Nov. 2012 alone. He went through, and won, two Bellator welterweight tournaments, and unlike most of his tournament veteran counterparts, he doesn't roll his eyes at the mere thought of the company's old format.
"They were good for me," Koreshkov (17-1) said in a recent phone interview with MMAFighting.com. "I grew as a competitor and worked on my skills. I didn't mind them at all."
So you can imagine it didn't sit too well when Koreshkov, who has 18 pro fights under his belt by the time he was 23, had to sit out an entire year after a shoulder injury and resultant surgery.