SAN JOSE, California—Vadim Nemkov will awaken Friday morning in a clean and comfortable hotel room. The Russian light heavyweight will then be free to do whatever he typically does on fight day before defending the Bellator MMA light heavyweight title against Corey Anderson in the Bellator 277 co-main event on Showtime.
The winner receives $1 million on top of his regular fight purse to go with plaudits as one of the top 205-pound fighters in mixed martial arts. As the Bellator light heavyweight grand prix concludes, this is all part of the prize package for which the tournament participants have competed during the past 12 months.