Welterweight champion Yaroslav Amosov will not be competing at Bellator 281.
Amosov of Ukraine has opted to stay at home and fight against the Russian invasion of Ukraine instead of defending his title against MVP.
Stepping in to replace Amosov will be Logan Storley, who meets Page for the interim welterweight title at The OVO Arena, Wembley in London UK, Bellator announced the news Wednesday morning.
Scott Coker the President of Bellator MMA said this in a statement “Like the rest of the world, we’ve been shocked by the tragic events in Ukraine and the thoughts of everyone at Bellator MMA are with Yaroslav and all the Ukrainian people during this time,” and “We wish he and his family the best and look forward to seeing him return safely to happier times, both inside and out of the Bellator cage.”
Storley has recently defeated Neiman Gracie at Bellator 274, his only loss coming at the hands of Amosov.
Since suffering his first career loss to Lima in the Bellator Grand Prix semi-finals in May 2019, Page has won six fights in a row. He was able to get revenge in the rematch last October when he scored a close victory at Bellator 267 in London.
Some very talented Fighters are on display for Bellator 267 with some UK MMA veterans like Robert Whiteford and Andrew Fisher also featuring some top prospects in Luke Trainer. Make sure you catch this amazing fight card on BBC iPLAYER in the UK.
The current fight card stands as follows:
Main Event
Michael Page vs. Logan Storley – for the interim welterweight title
Co-Main Event
Jason Jackson vs. Douglas Lima
Fabian Edwards vs. Lyoto Machida
Paul Daley vs. Andrey Koreshkov
Denise Kielholtz vs. Kana Watanabe
Prelim Card
Simon Biyong vs. Luke Trainer
Daniel Weichel vs. Robert Whiteford
Alfie Davis vs. Tim Wilde
Kate Jackson vs. Elina Kallionidou
Oliver Enkamp vs. Mark Lemminger
Andrew Fisher vs. Attila Korkmaz
Lee Chadwick vs. Maciej Rozanski
Arunas Andriuskevicus vs. David Trallero
Lanchana Green vs. Chiara Penco
