After turning in another scintillating performance under the Bellator banner, Corey Anderson finds himself in some very rarified air. Anderson (16-5 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) needed just 51 seconds to put away Ryan Bader at this past weekend’s Bellator 268 event, scoring his third consecutive win in the promotion and securing a spot in the company’s current light heavyweight grand prix, where he will face reigning champ Vadim Nemkov (14-2 MMA, 7-0 BMMA), who was also victorious in his semifinal matchup. In the latest edition of the USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie light heavyweight rankings, Nemkov remains in his No. 3 position after the performance, while Anderson slides up to No. 4. When the two ultimately do meet for the belt and the grand prix title, can one of them make the case to be No.
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