A massive weekend in combat sports kicks off tomorrow when the PFL’s Road to Dubai goes down and in the co-main event, the light heavyweight title is on the line. Corey Anderson (19-6, 1 NC) is dropping back down to 205 to take on a familiar foe in Dovlet Yagshimuradov (25-7-1).
Yagshimuradov and Anderson fought once before in the Bellator Light Heavyweight Grand Prix. In that fight, Anderson dominated with his wrestling and he stopped Yagshimuradov in the third round. Anderson went on to lose in the finals of the Grand Prix to Vadim Nemkov.
Following that loss, Anderson won three fights in a row including capturing the Bellator light heavyweight title. He just fought back in July at heavyweight where he took on 2024 PFL heavyweight champ Denis Goltsov. Now, he’ll take on last year’s lig