Once the contender no one wanted to face, Yaroslav Amosov has now morphed into the champion perhaps no one can beat.
The undefeated Ukrainian sambo stylist completed his climb to the top of the Bellator MMA mountain on June 11, when his unanimous decision over Douglas Lima in the Bellator 260 main event brought him the promotion’s undisputed welterweight crown. Amosov has won all seven of his bouts since he linked arms with the Scott Coker-fronted company in 2018, emerging as one of the sport’s premier competitors at 170 pounds in the process.