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Johnny Eblen Vs. Anatoly Tokov Added To Bellator 290, MMA Twitter Reacts

Bellator Middleweight Champion Johnny Eblen will face Anatoly Tokov in the Bellator 290 co-main event on February 4th. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto was the first to report the news of the Eblen/Tokov booking. The Bellator 290 co-headliner was originally …

Bellator Middleweight Champion Johnny Eblen will face Anatoly Tokov in the Bellator 290 co-main event on February 4th. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto was the first to report the news of the Eblen/Tokov booking. The Bellator 290 co-headliner was originally booked as Vadim Nemkov vs. Yoel Romero for the light heavyweight title. But, Eblen/Tokov will take that…

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Vadim Nemkov vs. Yoel Romero canceled from Bellator 290

Vadim Nemkov, Yoel RomeroVadim Nemkov will unfortunately not be defending his Bellator Light-heavyweight title at Bellator 290: Bader vs. Emelianenko 2, but a new addition to the card sees Johnny Eblen defending his Middleweight title in its place. Nemkov was scheduled for his fifth title defense at Bellator 290 vs. Yoel Romero, however, the defending champ was forced […]

Vadim Nemkov, Yoel Romero

Vadim Nemkov will unfortunately not be defending his Bellator Light-heavyweight title at Bellator 290: Bader vs. Emelianenko 2, but a new addition to the card sees Johnny Eblen defending his Middleweight title in its place.

Nemkov was scheduled for his fifth title defense at Bellator 290 vs. Yoel Romero, however, the defending champ was forced to withdraw from this bout due to undisclosed reasons.

Vadim’s previous title defense came during his 2nd bout vs. Corey Anderson, where he came out victorious via Unanimous Decision. The 2nd bout against Anderson was necessary due to their first bout ending in a No Contest when they accidentally had a devastating clash of heads.

Excluding the previously mentioned No Contest, Vadim Nemkov has enjoyed a run of 8 straight wins in Bellator, but the opportunity for a ninth will have to wait a while longer. Longtime veteran, Yoel “Soldier of God” Romero, is coming off a sensational knockout win over Melvin Manhoef, and it is truly a disappointment that we won’t see Romero challenge for the title in Los Angeles on February 4th.

Johnny Eblen vs. Anatoly Tokov to Replace as Co-Main Event

With the former co-main event, Vadim Nemkov vs. Yoel Romero, off the card, a new title bout between Johnny Eblen and Anatoly Tokov will take its place.

Johnny Eblen captured Bellator gold when he defeated the legendary Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 282 via Unanimous Decision. Eblen is now an astounding 12-0 in his professional MMA career with 8 of those wins coming in Bellator.

For his first title defense, Anatoly Tokov (31-3), another fighter who has never lost in Bellator, will challenge Eblen for the Middleweight gold.

The newly booked title bout, Eblen vs. Tokov, certainly erases much of the disappointment from the originally canceled bout between Nemkov and Romero. Bellator 290 will now once again feature two title fights: The Co-Main event of Eblen vs. Tokov and the Main Event, Bader vs. Emelianenko 2.

MMA fans and Bellator are both very fortunate to have such a thrilling replacement in the Co-Main event slot of this card. Don’t miss out on February 4th as Bellator 290 once again contains two enthralling title fights just as originally scheduled.

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Bellator 218 Highlights: Anatoly Tokov Survives Scare To Sub Gerald Harris

An action-packed middleweight fight took center stage inside the Bellator 218 cage as Anatoly Tokov survived an early scare to submit Gerald Harris. Harris smoked Tokov with a looping left hand early in round one. The Russian dropped like a ton of bricks but somehow surveyed the barrage of punches thrown by the American. (Via […]

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An action-packed middleweight fight took center stage inside the Bellator 218 cage as Anatoly Tokov survived an early scare to submit Gerald Harris.

Harris smoked Tokov with a looping left hand early in round one. The Russian dropped like a ton of bricks but somehow surveyed the barrage of punches thrown by the American. (Via Twitter)

Tokov did recover, and in the second round started to pick up the pace.

Tokov would sink in a 10-finger choke and force the 39-year-old Harris to tap.

The win makes it four straight inside the Bellator cage for Tokov. And the Russian didn’t miss is opportunity to call for a title fight in his post fight interview with Big John.

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