It appears that Andrey
Koreshkov will get his wish.
A welterweight clash pitting Koreshkov against Paul Daley is
currently being targeted for
Bellator London on May 13. Shortly after his spectacular
spinning back kick knockout of Chance
Rencountre at Bellator 274 this past Saturday, Koreshkov
volunteered to face Daley in what is expected to be the British
slugger’s farewell bout. Sherdog.com confirmed the booking with a
promotion official following an initial report from Michael Morgan via
Twitter.
Bellator London takes place at the OVO Arena Wembley and is
headlined by a welterweight title clash between reigning champion
Yaroslav
Amosov and Michael
Page. The evening’s main card will air on Showtime.
Koreshkov, a former Bellator welterweight king, has won three
straight fights. In addition to wrecking Rencountre, “Spartan” has
also earned triumphs over Sabah
Homasi and Adriano
Rodrigues de Oliveira during his current run. The Russian’s
only career defeats have come to Douglas
Lima (twice), Lorenz
Larkin and Ben
Askren.
Daley
recently revealed that Bellator London would be his retirement
fight, but he didn’t have an opponent until now. “Semtex” had a
three-bout winning streak snapped in his last outing, when he
dropped a decision to top welterweight contender Jason
Jackson at Bellator 260.