At Bellator 203 in July 2018, welterweight Andrey Koreshkov proved once against he’s world-class finisher.
After he defeated Chidi Njokuani in the Bellator 182 main event in August 2018, Koreshkov returned to take on 50-fight veteran Vaso Bakocevic. It took Koreshkov 66 seconds to flatten the Montenegro native.
After landing a spinning back kick to the face, Koreshkov, a former Bellator welterweight champion, pounced on his downed opponent. A series of brutal follow-up shots marked the official end of the fight when the referee Todd Anderson intervened.
The win over Bakocevic set Koreshkov up for a trilogy fight with then-champion Douglas LIma.
Friday night at Bellator 229, Koreshkov (22-3 MMA, 13-3 BMMA) will square with former ranked UFC welterweight Lorenz Larkin (20-7 MMA, 2-2 BMMA). The event will take place at Pechanga Casino in Temecula, Calif. The main card will air on Paramount Network after prelims stream live on MMA Junkie.
Before he fights Lorenz Larkin at Bellator 229, check out Andrey Koreshkov’s brutal finish of Vaso Bakocevic in the video above.
Check out the full Bellator 229 lineup below:
MAIN CARD (Paramount, DAZN, 9 p.m. ET)
- Andrey Koreshkov vs. Lorenz Larkin
- Saad Awad vs. Goiti Yamauchi
- Tony Johnson vs. Joe Schilling
- Keri Melendez vs. Mandy Polk
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 8 p.m. ET)
- Joey Davis vs. Jeff Peterson
- Derek Anderson vs. Guilherme Bomba
- Anatoly Tokov vs. Hracho Darpinyan
- Adel Altamimi vs. Salim Mukhidinov
- Jorge Juarez vs. Jay Jay Wilson
- Kelvin Gentapanan vs. Sunni Imhotep
- Mauricio Alonso vs. Johnny Eblen
- Riley Miller vs. Jordan Newman
- Brandon Hastings vs. Vladimir Tokov
