{"id":40374,"date":"2026-09-08T03:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T03:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Vadim-Nemkov-draws-familiar-foe-for-PFL-heavyweight-title-defense-202704"},"modified":"2026-09-08T03:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T03:52:16","slug":"vadim-nemkov-draws-familiar-foe-for-pfl-heavyweight-title-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/vadim-nemkov-draws-familiar-foe-for-pfl-heavyweight-title-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Vadim Nemkov draws familiar foe for PFL heavyweight title defense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Vadim
\nNemkov<\/a> will defend his
\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> heavyweight championship against
\nSergey
\nBilostenniy<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n

The promotion recently announced that former Bellator<\/a>
\nchamp Nemkov (20-2) will meet the No. 3-ranked Bilostenniy (15-4)
\nin the main event of
\nPFL Dubai<\/a> on Nov. 14 at Coca-Cola Arena.<\/p>\n

\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Team Fedor’s Sergey Bilostenniy challenges Nemkov at PFL
\nDubai<\/h2>\n

Nemkov, a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Fedor
\nEmelianenko<\/a>, moved up to heavyweight in 2024 and captured PFL
\ngold last December.<\/p>\n

Bilostenniy is 4-1 in the PFL and has earned notable finishes over
\nKarl
\nWilliams<\/a>, Tyrell
\nFortune<\/a> and former PFL champion Renan
\nFerreira<\/a>. Like Nemkov, he trains under the Team Fedor banner
\nand has previously shared training camps with the champion.<\/p>\n

This marks the first PFL main event in Dubai since the promotion’s
\nmerger with
\nMost Valuable Promotions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cDubai has become a special city for PFL and the site of some
\nunforgettable moments in our history,\u201d PFL CEO John Martin said in
\na press release. \u201cBoth fighters have roots in Team Fedor and
\nrepresent the next generation of Russia\u2019s storied heavyweight
\ntradition and now they\u2019ll meet to determine who sits atop one of
\nthe most prestigious divisions in combat sports.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

Vadim Nemkov can do it all inside the PFL
\ncage \ud83d\udc4a<\/p>\n

Vadim Nemkov makes his first title defense against Sergei
\nBilostenniy as the PFL returns to Dubai on Saturday, November 14th!
\n#PFLDubai<\/a>
\n| Saturday , November 14th | \ud83d\udccdCoca Cola | \ud83c\udf9f\ufe0fhttps:\/\/t.co\/7u9T2lrGrx<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ssFWw0sF5M<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 PFL (@PFLMMA)
\nSeptember 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Vadim Nemkov will defend his Professional Fighters League heavyweight championship against Sergey Bilostenniy in November. The promotion recently announced that former Bellator champ Nemkov (20-2) will meet the No. 3-ranked Bilostenniy (15-4) in the main event of PFL Dubai on Nov. 14 at Coca-Cola Arena. Advertisement Team Fedor’s Sergey Bilostenniy challenges Nemkov at PFL Dubai […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}