Thackerville, ДОБРА. (Сакавіка 4, 2016) – It’s safe to say Darrion Колдуэлл (9-0) asserted himself as a legitimate title contender with his victory over Джо Уорэн (13-5) у галоўную падзею “Bellator 151: Уорэн супраць. Caldwell” у пятніцу night in front of a sold-out crowd at WinStar Resort and Casino.
As many expected, the fight quickly made it to the mat, з “The Wolf” taking down the self-proclaimed “Baddest Man on the Planet” and initiating a sequence of ground-and-pound offense. After Warren made it back to his feet, the former NC State wrestler suplexed Warren and sunk in a rear-naked choke — that Warren refused to tap to — forcing referee Dan Miragliotta to wave off the bout at 3:23 першага раўнда.
Following the technical submission victory, Caldwell made good use of his time on the microphone with color commentator Jimmy Smith, calling out current bantamweight champion Маркас Гальвао, simply saying: “F*ck you [Маркас] Гальвао, you’re a p*ssy.” That’s nine straight victories for the former NCAA Champion to begin his mixed martial arts career, three wins since making the transition from featherweight to bantamweight. Тым часам, Warren has now dropped two out of three and will not get a shot at the winner of Galvao and Эдуарда Dantas when they do finally meet.
In the co-main event of the evening, Фернанда Гансалес (25-13) extended his winning streak to five at the expense of Гілберт Сміт (12-5), taking home a split decision win (29-28, 28-29, 29-28). The takedowns were likely the difference on the judges’ сістэмы паказчыкаў, but both fighters had their moments over the course of 15 хвілін. Gonzalez now moves even closer to a shot at the 170-pound title, or a matchup with Michael Page, who was originally slated to face “Menifee Maniac” before withdrawing. The future of the division will be much clearer following “Bellator 153: Koreshkov vs. Henderson” Красавіка 22, калі Бенсон Хендэрсан challenges Андрэй Карашкоў for the welterweight belt.
Ямаучы да (19-3) came into his fight against Bubba Джэнкінс (11-2) riding a wave of momentum after three-straight wins, but the Arizona State wrestling standout used his world-class grappling to neutralize the striking and jiu-jitsu prowess of Yamauchi. The 23-year-old Japanese competitor took the back of Jenkins for the duration of round one and nearly secured an arm bar late in the final round, але “The Highlight Kid’s” effective grappling was the difference, earning the unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-27). Jenkins now has won three consecutive fights since his January 2015 страты Георгій Караханян.
During the opening main card contest at “Bellator 151: Уорэн супраць. Caldwell,” Сирван Какава (12-4) dropped his first fight under the Bellator MMA banner to Joe Taimanglo (22-6-1) аднагалосным рашэннем суддзяў (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). It looked as though “Baby Joe” was going to finish the contest early — sinking in an Anaconda Choke before transitioning to a deep guillotine — but “Zohan” weathered the storm and hung around for the final ten minutes, even creating some bright spots of his own in the third and final round. У канцы, суддзі’ cage side awarded the Guam-native his third consecutive victory and sent Kakai back to the drawing board.
Папярэднія вынікі Картачныя:
Treston Thomison (9-4) пераможаны Aaron Roberson (5-4) з дапамогай прадстаўлення (Guillotine) R2, 2:20
Jermayne Barnes (1-1) пераможаны Derek Palmer (0-1) з дапамогай прадстаўлення (Ўдары) R2, 1:17
Нэйман Грэйс (4-0) пераможаны Роджэр Кэрролл (16-14) via Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
Ricky Turcios (6-0) пераможаны Стыў Гарсія (6-1) via Split Decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27)
Джасцін Патэрсан (7-1) пераможаны Chance Rencountre (8-2) via Split Decision (29-28. 28-29. 29-28)
Рэй Вуд (6-1) пераможаны Крыс Джонс (10-4) тэхнічным накаўтам (Ўдары) R1, 3:10