Corey Anderson vs. Melvin Manhoef: Full fight | Bellator 251 | CBS Sports HQ

Stripped of the pressure to be the fighter he isn’t after leaving UFC, light heavyweight contender Corey Anderson went back to his wrestling roots to make Thursday night’s Bellator MMA debut a successful one. Anderson (14-5) made easy work of hard-hitting combat legend Melvin Manhoef in the main event of Bellator 251 with clean takedowns and some dominant ground-and-pound en route to a second-round TKO inside the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Not only was this the 31-year-old Anderson’s