It will be a new beginning of sorts for Linton Vassell on Thursday night.
“I actually thought I would be fighting him next. But he lost,” Vassell said during a media call. “… Who wouldn’t want to be in the tournament where you get a belt, you get money and you get to fight the champion at the end? I don’t think the Bader fight will happen now, to be honest. I’m on a different road.”
While Vassell will be competing under the PFL banner, he stil considers himself a Bellator athlete at heart. He has fought for Bellator since 2013, challenging for light heavyweight gold against Bader before eventually moving up to the heavyweight division. “Even though I’m on the PFL brand, I’m still from Bellator. I fought for Bellator for so long,” Vassell said. “I’m coming over now. I’m Bellator, I’m gonna come over and I’m gonna represent. It’s pride, isn’t it? It doesn’t matter what organization you’re from, you want to show that your organization is the best.”in his last two outings. Goltsov, who came up short against Ferreira in the 2023 PFL final, is typically one of the favorites in the heavyweight field.
“Same treatment. Not taking nothing away from him,” Vassell said. “ hit the 40 age and I just keep rolling. I think my last performance showed that I’m not stopping.” If Vassell is able to make it through the PFL season, he’ll set his sights on the some of the big names in the promotion: Ferreira and“Those are the super fights I think everyone wants, to be honest,” Vassell said. “To fight Ferreira and Ngannou and get paid some serious money, I think everyone would take that fight.
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