“One of the conversations with one of the fighters was Anderson,” Coker said at the Bellator 290 pre-fight press conference. “He chose to just box and he wanted to fight in a boxing match against Jake [Paul] and he said the wear and tear on his body to do MMA was too tough. So, he declined the fight.
“I don’t think that fight will happen at any level because we’ve already offered him that event,” he concluded.
