DARRION CALDWELL TO DEFEND BELLATOR BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST LEANDRO HIGO ON MARCH 2 AT WINSTAR WORLD CASINO AND RESORT

 

TICKETS FÜR Bellator 195 GEHEN SIE ZUM VERKAUF DIESEN FREITAG AT 10 A. M.. CT

LOS ANGELES – The Bellator bantamweight championship will be up for grabs Freitag, März 2 wann Darrion Caldwell (11-1) macht seine erste Titelverteidigung gegen Leandro Higo (18-3) bei Bellator 195 inside WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla., the same venue where “The Wolf” captured the belt earlier this year.

 

“Darrion Caldwell is an exciting young fighter that has worked his way to the top of a very competitive bantamweight division to become a world champion,Bellator Präsident Scott Coker sagte. “I’m excited to see what he can do in his first title defense against Leandro Higo, who is an incredibly tough competitor with the ability to submit his opponent at any time. The fans are in for a great matchup between these two grapplers.”

 

Die Veranstaltung wird live und kostenlos im Paramount Network unter übertragen 9 p.m. UND/8 p.m. CT, während vorläufige Maßnahmen weiterlaufen Bellator.com und global auf der Bellator Mobile App. Tickets für Bellator 195: Caldwell vs. Feige der Verkauf dieser Freitag, Dezember. 22 bei 10 a.m. CT and can be purchased at the WinStar World Casino and Resort box office, sowie über Ticketmaster und Bellator.com. Weitere Kämpfe werden in den kommenden Wochen bekannt gegeben.

 

Caldwell has been on a steady ascension to championship status since signing with Bellator in 2014. Ahead of his championship victory over Eduardo Dantas bei Bellator 184, which brought his Bellator record to 8-1, the 30-year-old collected five wins by way of first-round knockout or submission. The run was highlighted by a remarkable stoppage of former multi-division champion Joe Warren. Ich komme aus Rahway, N.J. and training alongside Bellator standouts Phil Davis und Justin Lawrence at Alliance MMA in San Diego, Calif., “The Wolf” also serves as one of the main sparring partners of former UFC bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz.

 

Higo signed with Bellator in February riding an eight-fight win-streak and earned the Legacy Fighting Alliance 135-pound crown in the process. Fresh off animpressive win gegen Joe Taimanglo, the 28-year-old Pitbull Brothers product also competed on The Ultimate Fighter: Brasilien 4 in 2015. A proud carrier of the Olympic torch ahead of the 2016 Summer Games in Brazil, “Pitbull” will now set his sights on carrying the torch in Bellator’s bantamweight division.

 

Aktualisiert Bellator 195: Caldwell vs. Feige fight Card:

Bantamweight World Title Main Event: Darrion Caldwell (11-1) vs. Leandro Higo (18-3)

 

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