THACKERVILLE, හරි. (මාර්තු 4, 2016) – It’s safe to say Darrion Caldwell (9-0) asserted himself as a legitimate title contender with his victory over ජෝ වොරන් (13-5) ප්රධාන අවස්ථාවට “Bellator 151: වොරන් එදිරිව. Caldwell” සිකුරාදා night in front of a sold-out crowd at WinStar Resort and Casino.
As many expected, the fight quickly made it to the mat, සමග “වෘකයා” 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 වටයේ එක්.
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 මාර්කොස් Galvao, simply saying: “F*ck you [මාර්කොස්] Galvao, 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. මේ අතර, Warren has now dropped two out of three and will not get a shot at the winner of Galvao and Eduardo Dantas when they do finally meet.
In the co-main event of the evening, ප්රනාන්දු මහතා ගොන්සාලේස් (25-13) extended his winning streak to five at the expense of ගිල්බට් ස්මිත් (12-5), taking home a split decision win (29-28, 28-29, 29-28). The takedowns were likely the difference on the judges’ scorecards, but both fighters had their moments over the course of 15 විනාඩි. Gonzalez now moves even closer to a shot at the 170-pound title, or a matchup with මයිකල් පිටුව, who was originally slated to face “මෙම Menifee යකා පිස්සෙක්” before withdrawing. The future of the division will be much clearer following “Bellator 153: Koreshkov එදිරිව. හෙන්ඩර්සන්” අප්රේල් 22, කවදා ද බෙන්සන් හෙන්ඩර්සන් challenges අන්ෙදේ Koreshkov for the welterweight belt.
Yamauchi දක්වා (19-3) came into his fight against Bubba ජෙන්කින්ස් (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, නමුත් “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 පාඩුව ජෝර්ජි Karakhanyan.
During the opening main card contest at “Bellator 151: වොරන් එදිරිව. Caldwell,” Sirwan Kakai (12-4) dropped his first fight under the Bellator MMA banner to Joe Taimanglo (22-6-1) ඒකමතික තීරණය හරහා (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. අවසානයේ දී, විනිශ්චයකරුවන්’ cage side awarded the Guam-native his third consecutive victory and sent Kakai back to the drawing board.
මූලික කාඩ් ප්රතිඵල:
Treston Thomison (9-4) පරාජය Aaron Roberson (5-4) ඉදිරිපත් හරහා (Guillotine) R2, 2:20
Jermayne Barnes (1-1) පරාජය Derek Palmer (0-1) ඉදිරිපත් හරහා (එහෙමද) R2, 1:17
Neiman Gracie (4-0) පරාජය රොජර් දැනගත් (16-14) via Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
Ricky Turcios (6-0) පරාජය ස්ටීව් ගාර්ෂියා (6-1) via Split Decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27)
ජස්ටින් පැටර්සන් (7-1) පරාජය Chance Rencountre (8-2) via Split Decision (29-28. 28-29. 29-28)
රේ දැව (6-1) පරාජය ක්රිස් ජෝන්ස් (10-4) TKO හරහා (එහෙමද) R1, 3:10