Corey Anderson will get another chance.
After being moments away from upsetting light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov, Anderson will face Nemkov for the second time and have a shot at avenging their No Contest in April.
In the co-main event, Usman Nurmagomedov is looking to carry on the legacy of his uncle, Abdulmanap, Khabib’s father, by winning the Bellator lightweight title from Patricky Pitbull.
“For me [this fight], it’s all the hopes and dreams my uncle has put into me,” Usman told MMA Fighting.
“I just don’t want to let him down. I want to take this belt, inshallah, and it put in our school of Abdulmanap.”
“Khabib is a clear copy of his father as a coach.
“There’s some little things that are missing from his dad but he pushes us very hard for training. He mentally helps us. He energizes us. But I think that Khabib is a copy of his father as a coach.”
Usman faces the older Pitbull brother in Bellator 288’s co-main event.
Here’s the fight card, when and where to watch:
Main Card
- Roman Faraldo vs. Levan Chokheli – Welterweight bout
- Tyrell Fortune vs. Daniel James – Heavyweight bout
- Daniel Weichel vs. Timur Khizriev – Featherweight bout
- Patricky Pitbull (c) vs. Usman Nurmagomedov – Bellator Lightweight World Championship bout
- Vadim Nemkov (c) vs. Corey Anderson – Bellator Light Heavyweight World Championship bout
Prelims
- Otto Rodrigues vs. Khasan Askhabov – Featherweight bout
- Imamshafi Aliev vs. Sean Connor Fallon – Middleweight bout
- Killys Mota vs. Jairo Pachecho – Lightweight bout
- Jaylon Bates vs. Jornel Lugo – Bantamweight bout
- Archie Colgan vs. Jesse Hannam – Lightweight bout
- Lucas Brennan vs. Nick Talavera – Featherweight bout
- Sullivan Cauley vs. Jay Radick – Light Heavyweight bout
- Jordan Newman vs. Jayden Taulker – Middleweight bout
- Laird Anderson vs. Rob Fenicle – Featherweight bout
- Isaiah Hokit vs. Matias Nader – Featherweight bout
- Vladimir Gouvea vs. Kory Moegenburg – Heavyweight bout
Date: November 18
Time: Prelims 6 p.m. ET, Main card 9 p.m. ET
Stream/Channel: Bellator YouTube channel