After more than two years on ice, the Bellator MMA light heavyweight title took less than two rounds to change hands.
At Bellator 244 on Friday, in his first appearance at 205 pounds since October 2018, Ryan Bader looked painfully slow and out of sorts against challenger Vadim Nemkov, dropping the first round before being overwhelmed in the second. While referee Kerry Hatley gave Bader every chance to recover, Nemkov was relentless, and Hatley had no option but to stop the beating at just over three minutes of Round 2.