Corey Anderson: Why signing with Bellator was a no brainer

“I’d be stupid if I passed up this opportunity because I wanted those three letters in front of the word ‘champ.’”

Aug 19, 2020

Light heavyweight Corey Anderson appeared recently with John Morgan for MMA Junkie and discussed his recent move from the UFC to Bellator MMA.

The end thing that I came to was, at the end of the day, it’s a calculated risk just like a fight, said Anderson. Both organizations, UFC and Bellator, they’ve got the same risks. You can go out there and get knocked out, arm broke, anything can happen. Now, one has the UFC belt, one has the Bellator belt. One doesn’t have sponsors, one has sponsors. One is only paying you a medium, when the other one is paying you your worth. That’s the calculated risk you’re gonna take.

I’m gonna take more money, a belt, more opportunity, and the same risk that I would in the top organization. So, to me, it was a no-brainer. I’d be stupid if I passed up this opportunity because I wanted those three letters in front of the word ‘champ.’ So I went from UFC to Bellator on that.

I can bring sponsors back, and Beastin’ 25/8 is my company brand. So I can just put ‘Beastin’ 25/8′ on the shorts and still rep the name ‘OT.’ Because the company is still Beastin’ 25/8, LLC – all my shirts and everything comes from Beastin’ 25/8. So the name will be on the shorts. You hear it here, people! The name will be back on the shorts!