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BELLATOR 204: CALDWELL vs. LAHAT FIGHT NIGHT RESULTS & PHOTOS

 

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Complete Photos // Mokitlane: Bellator / Lucas Noonan

 

Complete Bellator 204 Main Card:

 

Featherweight Main Event: Darrion Caldwell (13-1) def. Noad Lahat (12-4) ka TKO (punches) ka 2:46 ea ho pota-pota tse peli

*Caldwell’s bantamweight title was not on the line

 

Welterweight Co-Main Event: Logan Storley (9-0) def. A.J. Matthews (9-8) ka TKO (punches) ka 3:56 ea ho pota-pota tse peli

 

 

Bantamweight Main Card Bout: Ricky Bandejas (11-1) def. James Gallagher (7-1) ka KO (literaeke) ka 2:49 ea ho pota-pota e mong

 

 

Featherweight Main Card Bout: Tywan Claxton (3-0) def. Cris Lencioni (3-2) ka tsela ntsoe-leng qeto (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

 

Selelekela Card:

 

Lightweight Preliminary Bout: Omar Morales (7-0) def. Troy Nawrocki (3-1) ka KO (literaeke) ka 0:58 ea ho pota-pota e mong

 

 

Lightweight Preliminary Bout: Demarques Jackson (9-2) def. Bryce Logan (9-3) ka e petsoha ka qeto ea (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)

 

 

Welterweight Preliminary Bout: Jason Jackson (8-3) def. Jordon Larson (9-5) ka TKO (punches) ka 3:52 ea ho pota-pota e mong

 

 

Welterweight Preliminary Bout: David Michaud (13-4) def. Corey Davis (3-1) ka KO (punches) ka 1:42 ea ho pota-pota e mong

 

 

Middleweight Preliminary Bout: Romero Cotton (3-0) def. Willie Whitehead (2-3) ka TKO (literaeke) ka 4:12 ea ho pota-pota e mong

 

 

Welterweight Preliminary Bout: Tyler Ray (3-1) def. Seth Bass (4-3) ka KO (literaeke) ka 3:30 ea pota 1

 

 

Lightweight Preliminary Bout: Keith Phathaem (1-1) vs.. Micah Peatrowsky (2-1) ka tsela ntsoe-leng qeto (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

 

 

Flyweight Preliminary Bout: Lloyd McKinney (8-5) def. Robiel Tesfaldet (2-2) ka tsela ho ikokobelletsa (arm triangle choke) ka 4:17 ea ho pota-pota tse tharo

 

 

Middleweight Preliminary Bout: Jeff Nielsen (2-0) def. Wyatt Meyer (1-1) ka TKO (punches) ka 2:53 ea ho pota-pota e mong

BELLATOR TO DEBUT IN SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA ON FRIDAY, Aug. 17 AT SANFORD PENTAGON

 

BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION DARRION CALDWELL RETURNS TO 145-POUNDS AGAINST NOAD LAHAT IN BELLATOR 204 HEADLINER

 

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SOUTH DAKOTA’S OWN LOGAN STORLEY SET FOR CO-MAIN EVENT AGAINST A.J. MATTHEWS

Los Angeles – Bellator will hold its first-ever event in Sioux Falls, S.D. ka labohlano, Aug. 17 at Sanford Pentagon. Bellator 204 will be headlined by the promotion’s bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell (12-1) testing himself against Noad Lahat (12-3) in a non-title featherweight matchup.

 

 

 

A welterweight bout will serve as the co-main event of the card, when South Dakota-native Logan Storley (8-0) takes on the always-dangerous A.J. Matthews (9-7).

 

 

 

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Thursday, June 28 ka 10 a.m. CT. Litekete li qala ka feela $28 and will be available at the Sanford Pentagon box office, hammoho le Ticketmaster.

 

 

 

The event will be broadcast live and free on Paramount Network at 9 p.m. Et / 8 p.m. CT, ha bohato selelekela tla phallela ho eona ka Bellator.com le lefatšeng ka bophara ka Bellator Mobile App. linako tse eketsehileng li tla phatlalatsoa ka libeke tse latela'ng.

 

 

 

“I’m excited to bring Bellator to Sioux Falls this summer with a great venue partner in the Sanford Pentagon,” Bellator President Scott Coker said. “I always look forward to visiting a new market and having a crowd experience a live Bellator event for the first time. This is a great card with a lot of intriguing matchups that I know fans will enjoy. With this being such a strong wrestling community, I’m also excited to feature several former collegiate wrestlers on Aug. 17, including Darrion Caldwell and South Dakota’s Logan Storley.”

 

 

 

Caldwell, a 30-year-old Rahway, New Jersey native and the current Bellator bantamweight champion, will step up a weight class to take on Lahat in an exciting featherweight non-title affair on Aug. 17. Fighting out of San Diego, Dorella., “The Wolf” has emerged as one of the most well-rounded fighters in the 135-pound class, collecting nine victories since signing with Bellator in 2013. The 2009 NCAA D1 National Champion wrestler from NC State boasts a resume that includes five first-round finishes, a 25-minute war against Eduardo Dantas for the world title and a textbook guillotine choke submission victory over Leandro Higo in his first career title defense earlier this year. Caldwell will look for his 13th professional and fourth consecutive win when he enters the cage as a 145-pounder for the first time since 2014.

 

 

 

A black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu currently training at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas, Lahat made his professional debut in 2008 where he began an impressive streak of seven consecutive victories. The 34-year-old hails from Alfei Menashe, Samaria, Iseraele, Lahat and served as a soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces before transitioning to his MMA career. Lahat holds a 3-1 record in Bellator with his most recent win coming against Jeremia Monaghan this past November and now welcomes the Bellator bantamweight champion to his weight class when he enters the cage on Aug. 17.

 

 

 

Hailing from Webster, S.D., the 25-year-old Storley will fight in front of his hometown fans at Bellator 204 when he makes his fourth appearance for Bellator. The 4x NCAA All-American wrestler from the University of Minnesota has quickly climbed the ranks as one of the most dangerous welterweights in mixed martial arts, earning eight-straight victories to begin his career, including six knockouts and five first-round finishes. A win over the equally-dangerous Matthews on Aug. 17would only further cement his name amongst the division’s best, as Storley hopes to protect his unblemished mark of 8-0.

 

 

 

Fighting out of Carlsbad, Dorella., Matthews will be making his 11th appearance under the Bellator MMA umbrella; a seven-year stretch that has earned the promotional veteran five victories, including a pair of first-round knockouts and a highlight reel-soccer kick finish over Charlie Rader. The 30-year-old certainly knows how to put on a show, with nine of his 16 career fights ending in a knockout, including six in the first round. “Mercenary” will look to build on his recent win over Kendall Grove at Bellator 193, as he enters the cage against hometown favorite Storley in the co-main event.

 

Ntjhafatswa Bellator 204: Caldwell vs. Lahat Fight Card:

Featherweight Main Event: Darrion Caldwell (12-1) vs.. Noad Lahat (12-3)

Welterweight Co-Main Event: Logan Storley (8-0) vs.. A.J. Matthews (9-7)

 

 

 

*Card subject to change.

 

RFA 29 – USA vs.. BRAZIL

 

SEHLOOHO Event:

Ricky Musgrave vs.. Raoni Barcelos
FEATHERWEIGHT Lefatše le Title

CO-SEHLOOHO Event:
JORDON Larson vs.. ACKSON Junior
HAPE FEATURE:
Jocelyn Jones-LYBARGER vs.. KINBERLY NOVAES

HONORARY makareche a:
ROBBIE LAWLER vs.. LYOTO MACHIDA
Labohlano, August bo21 PHELA ON AXSTV
PHELA at Sanford Pentagon a Sioux Falls, SD
Tickets on Sale through Ticketmaster.com
Las Vegas, Nevada – Tsoho Fighting Alliance (RFA) mopresidente Ed Soares o ile a phatlalatsa kajeno hore RFA 29 tla bontšang le sehlopha ntoa pitting holimo American tebello khahlanong le holimo Brazil tebello, ha MMA ntshetso pele ya khutlela ho South Dakota khoeling e latelang. The tlotlo makareche a e tla ba hona joale UFC welterweight 'mampoli Robbie Kekana (Team USA) le pele e neng e UFC leseli-heavyweight 'mampoli Lyoto Machida (Team Brazil). RFA 29 e tla shebelloa ke ntoa ea sehlooho sa RFA featherweight lipakeng tsa bahanyetsi ba phahameng Ricky Musgrave le Raoni Barcelos. Ketsahalo e ea etsahala Labohlano, August bo21 a le Sanford Pentagon a Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Eohle ka sehloohong karete tla televised phela le naheng ka bophara ka AXS TV kwa 10 p.m. LE / 7 p.m. PT.

“RFA 29 tla ba le USA vs.. Brazil sehlopha kgopolo ya gore tla bontšang ba bang ba top MMA tebello ho naheng ka 'ngoe,” o ile a re Soares. “Robbie Kekana le Lyoto Machida e tla ba tlotlo makareche a mong le e mong sehlopha. E kholo ea ho ketsahalo, Ricky Musgrave le Raoni Barcelos le bona ba tla competing bakeng sa lolea RFA featherweight sehlooho. Ena eohle e karete e stacked 'me ke ka se ke ua emela ho bona hore na etsahalang RFA 29 ka Labohlano, August bo21.”
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Musgrave (14-4) e a palame e khōlō leqhubu la lobelo lwa kena na tlotla ena e loana. A hae tsa moraorao go tswela ntle moo, “The Spazmanian Diabolose” scored le laolang tikologo ya ntlha TKO hlola fetang tse 'nè nako UFC vet le jiu-jitsu batho ba batsho lebanta la Alvin Robinson kwa RFA 22 ka January. The hlola e ile ea etsahala Musgrave ea motseng oa habo oa Colorado Springs, Colorado le ya atoloswa hae ho hapa streak ho tse 'nè lintoa ka mola. Tsa pele U.S. Army Ranger o hlōla tse tšeletseng la tse supileng tse lintoa ho se ho fetile tse peli le halofo lilemo tse le o labalabela ho tlisa hae e leng tlotla e hore o o ne a mahlo a hae a ka bakeng sa hajoale.
“Ke 'nile ka o ile a kōpa e, Ke 'nile ka emetse hore e, 'me hona joale ho qetellong mona,” Musgrave o ile a re ka hae RFA sehlooho thunngoa. “Mong le e mong kwa Pariah MMA a Colorado Springs ke thabile ka ena le rona tlelaseng ea boikoetliso, o haufi le ho ya bewa paneng 'mapeng. Barcelos ke thata potsanyane, haholo mabifi, le e hlomphehang lireng. Ke thabile ho fumana a ho na le le loana.”
Barcelos (8-1) boetse o khutlela ho le RFA octagon hloekileng theoha scintillating tikologo ya ntlha peiso ho fihlela qetellong. The hlola o ile a tla ka tsela KO holim 'a pele e neng e Krrish NCAA Division ke All-American betana Jamal Parks kwa RFA 23 ka February. The gia e ne e le Brazil dynamo la boraro la bakeng sa ho khothalletsa le o ile a khona ho showcase hae hantle e lekaneng ho bokgoni a beha a senyang feshene. Ka holim'a hae haholo KO matla a, Barcelos ke sa lefatshe jiu-jitsu batho ba batsho lebanta la hore o ile a qala koetliso “e bonolo, bonono” le ntate oa hae, batho ba batsho-and-e khubelu lebanta la Laerte Barcelos, ha a ne a tse peli feela-le lilemo li. Boemo ba Nova União hona joale bo sheba ho eketsa sehlooho sa RFA featherweight lenaneng la hae le lelelele la katleho ea liatleletiki.
“Ke thabile haholo ho loana bakeng sa RFA lefatše sehlooho,” o ile a re Barcelos. “RFA ke ketsahalo e o 'nile a ho bontša e ngata talenta e ikhethang ea lefatše ho bona. Ke kholisehile hore le ntoeng ena ke tla na le monyetla oa ho a hlokomela bakeng sa mosebetsi oa ka. Ho se ho toro phethahetse le e le tlotla ho ba e le mosireletsi oa e khōlō ketsahalo joaloka RFA.”
Ho sebdisana ka sehloohong ketsahalo ea RFA 29 tla bontšang tse peli welterweight MMA tebello, ba ka potlako bochaba-go ba maemo a le histori tebileng karohano. Pele ke e mong oa ka ho fetisisa ratoang bahlabani o profinseng ea South Dakota. Hore ne e tla ba e mong haese Jordon Larson (6-1), ea ileng a tsoaloa le hōletse Sioux Falls, empa nakong ya hona jwale koetlisang tsoa Power MMA a Gilbert, Arizona. Larson e 'nile ea moamohedi wa tse peli tsa loudest ovations a RFA histori' me o tla batla hae la boraro la kaAugust bo21. O tla fuoa mosebetsi oa ho tobana le juggernaut oa Brazil Ackson Junior (5-0), ba koetlisang ka ntle ho tummeng X-Gym a Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. “Tank Russo” e 'nile ea sensational ntoa ka hare ho ea lapeng la hae k'honthinente ea Amerika Boroa. O ile a khaotsa ho tsohle tse hlano banna ba o tobane le mong feela ea neng linako sa feleng tse fetang bonngwe ho pota-pota.

RFA 29 hape e tla hlahisa ntoa e kholo le ea bohlokoahali ea basali ea MMA e kileng ea etsahala seterekeng sa South Dakota. Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger ea ratoang ke barati ba RFA (5-1) e tla ba moemeli oa basali oa Team USA. Jones-Lybarger o hapile lintoa tsohle tsa hae tse tharo ho RFA ho tloha ha a qala ho phahamisoa ho 2014. The MMA Lab standout tla batla hae bone hlola a bone fapaneng mmuso o loana a bakeng sa ho khothalletsa. O ile a filoe le thata kabelo, e tla mo bona a qabana le motho ea hlomphuoang haholo oa Brazil oa boqhetseke Kinberly Novaes (8-2). Novaes ke matla striker hore koetlisang tlas'a UFC le Boikakaso bo vet Cristiano Marcello kwa CM System a Curitiba, Brazil. Noaves e hamolemo ka ho fetisisa tsebahala ka ho scoring ya bobedi ho pota-pota TKO ho hlōla holimo-Thailand Ranked UFC bantamweight Jessica Andrade a feela hae boraro litsebi loana.

Additional linako kwa RFA 29 – USA vs.. Brazil tla o ile a phatlalatsa haufinyane. RFA 29 e tla ba ntshetso pele ya la boraro la ketsahalo ho nka habité a “The Mount Rushmore State” ea South Dakota ho tloha mmuso sanctioned MMA ho qetela lehlabula. Eohle ka sehloohong karete ya ea RFA 29 – USA vs.. Brazil tla televised phela le naheng ka bophara ka AXS TV kwa 10 p.m. LE / 7 p.m. PT ka Labohlano, August bo21.

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