Bellator har utökat sin talangpool ytterligare efter att ha skrivit kontrakt med den obesegrade Alexander Sernavskiy. Med en fläckfri meritlista på 20 raka vinster uppdelat på 6 knockouter, 11 submisions och bara 3 domslut, har Sarnavskiy möjlighet att röra omkring rejält i Bellators lättviktsgryta.
“Alexander Shlemenko has put a high standard of Russian dominance in Bellator by winning two middleweight tournaments,” säger Sarnavskiy i ett pressmeddelande. “Now my teammate Andrey Koreshkov fights for Bellator as well and he recently won two fights by spectacular KO’s. Vitaly Minakov also just signed with Bellator, and I expect him to become Bellator’s next Heavyweight Champion. I want to follow in the footsteps of those men, and make Bellator proud.”
“The Bellator Tournament will be a difficult test for me,” Sarnavskiy said. “I will train and prepare myself the best I can. I have a huge responsibility to my coach, my manager, my fans and my country. I won’t disappoint them and I want to show them a spectacular performance.”
När talangen Sarnavskiy kommer att göra sin Bellator-debut är ännu inte klart, men någon som är nöjd med signeringen är Bellators VD Bjorn Rebney.
“Russia’s produced some incredible athletes that have had tremendous success in our sport, and having watched Tiger fight for the last few years, I expect great things from him,” säger Rebney. “He is an incredibly explosive and dynamic Mixed Martial Artist who should be a force here at Bellator.”
