Minakov was pretty open that he is against that fight. Like - he said that he was fighting in Fight Nights because in Bellator he wasn't interested in more fights against Volkov and Kongo and Lashley is a joke/pro-wrestler/something along these lines.I feel fucking robbed that Coker NEVER made an effort to do Vitaly Minakov vs Bobby Lashley for the title.
Contrary to popular opinion, Lashley seemed down for that fight in a couple of interviews on Sherdog and TNA. All they had to do was pay Minakov a bit more.
Lashley vs Appelt being booked literally made me stop watching Bellator for a bit.