Longtime MMA fighter Rich Clementi has been in this position before.
During his 13 years and 66 professional fights in the MMA world, he’s faced countless opponents who were dubbed the next big thing, much like undefeated Alexander Sarnavskiy, whom he faces at Friday’s Bellator 77 event.
“This isn’t going to be the first time I’ve dethroned an undefeated fighter with a lot of hype around him,” Clementi told MMAjunkie.com.