Bellator bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas has one objective for this Friday at Bellator 177. Dantas will headline the Spike card from Budapest against Leandro Higo, who stepped in as a replacement for Darrion Caldwell and will be making his promotional debut. “I’m very happy to be here. I want to say thank you to my […]
Bellator bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas has one objective for this Friday at Bellator 177. Dantas will headline the Spike card from Budapest against Leandro Higo, who stepped in as a replacement for Darrion Caldwell and will be making his promotional debut. “I’m very happy to be here. I want to say thank you to my […]
With 17 wins in 19 pro fights, Leandro Higo is definitely worthy of a spot on the Bellator MMA roster. The 28-year-old Brazilian will get to do just that this Friday, but in a title fight on Spike. Higo (17-2) challenges Eduardo Dantas, stepping in as a replacement to main event Bellator 177 from Budapest. […]
With 17 wins in 19 pro fights, Leandro Higo is definitely worthy of a spot on the Bellator MMA roster. The 28-year-old Brazilian will get to do just that this Friday, but in a title fight on Spike. Higo (17-2) challenges Eduardo Dantas, stepping in as a replacement to main event Bellator 177 from Budapest. […]
Bellator bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas will be defending his title against Darrion Caldwell sometime in the near future. Caldwell earned the shot by avenging his only loss. He defeated Joe Taimanglo via unanimous decision last month.
“Dudu” told MMAFighting.com that he was eyeing a super fight with featherweight champion Daniel Straus. While Dantas gave Caldwell his due, he believes he’ll dominate the fight:
“I really wanted to fight Daniel next but Bellator promoters like Caldwell, so I already expected that he would get a title shot if he won, especially because he’s the only one left in the division. He deserves the title shot, so he’s still left so I can 100 percent dominate this division. I will run through him.”
Dantas has always competed as a bantamweight inside the Bellator cage. Should he defeat Caldwell and move up, the Brazilian bruiser doesn’t want to fight anyone before getting to the 145-pound champion:
“It doesn’t make any sense to me to go up and fight someone else. I have to go up and fight the champion. Bellator always asks me that. I only train with heavier guys in the gym, featherweights and lightweights, so I’d feel more comfortable at featherweight. Faster, stronger, more explosive. I’d do well in this division. It makes sense to have this super fight at 145, against the champion.”
Dantas won the bantamweight title back in April 2012. He successfully defended his title against Marcos Galvao and Anthony Leone. He lost his title when Joe Warren bested him by unanimous decision. Dantas won back the title when he beat Galvao for a second time. “Dudu” then went on to avenge his loss to Joe Warren last month in a majority decision.
When Dantas steps inside the cage with Caldwell, he will make his second title defense in his current run.
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Bellator bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas will be defending his title against Darrion Caldwell sometime in the near future. Caldwell earned the shot by avenging his only loss. He defeated Joe Taimanglo via unanimous decision last month.
“Dudu” told MMAFighting.com that he was eyeing a super fight with featherweight champion Daniel Straus. While Dantas gave Caldwell his due, he believes he’ll dominate the fight:
“I really wanted to fight Daniel next but Bellator promoters like Caldwell, so I already expected that he would get a title shot if he won, especially because he’s the only one left in the division. He deserves the title shot, so he’s still left so I can 100 percent dominate this division. I will run through him.”
Dantas has always competed as a bantamweight inside the Bellator cage. Should he defeat Caldwell and move up, the Brazilian bruiser doesn’t want to fight anyone before getting to the 145-pound champion:
“It doesn’t make any sense to me to go up and fight someone else. I have to go up and fight the champion. Bellator always asks me that. I only train with heavier guys in the gym, featherweights and lightweights, so I’d feel more comfortable at featherweight. Faster, stronger, more explosive. I’d do well in this division. It makes sense to have this super fight at 145, against the champion.”
Dantas won the bantamweight title back in April 2012. He successfully defended his title against Marcos Galvao and Anthony Leone. He lost his title when Joe Warren bested him by unanimous decision. Dantas won back the title when he beat Galvao for a second time. “Dudu” then went on to avenge his loss to Joe Warren last month in a majority decision.
When Dantas steps inside the cage with Caldwell, he will make his second title defense in his current run.
Bellator 166 is here, and it goes down tonight at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event will air live in prime time on Spike TV at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT while the prelims will air on Spike TV.com. The event will be headlined by a title fight rematch as Eduardo Dantas
Bellator 166 is here, and it goes down tonight at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event will air live in prime time on Spike TV at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT while the prelims will air on Spike TV.com. The event will be headlined by a title fight rematch as Eduardo Dantas will defend the bantamweight title against former champion Joe Warren.
Betting odds for the event have been released. According to oddsmakers, Dantas is a -205 favorite over Warren, who is a +175 underdog. Other odds for the main card include Ray Wood being a +425 underdog against A.J McKee, who is a –545 favorite.
Here are the full Bellator 166 betting odds courtesy of BigOnSports:
Weigh-ins for Friday’s Bellator 166 took place earlier today.
The card features a bantamweight championship match between Eduardo Dantas and Joe Warren. Dantas weighed in at 134.6 poun…
Weigh-ins for Friday’s Bellator 166 took place earlier today.
The card features a bantamweight championship match between Eduardo Dantas and Joe Warren. Dantas weighed in at 134.6 pounds, while Warren was well under the 135-pound limit at 133.7.
Along with Dantas-Warren, A.J. McKee vs. Ray Wood, Marcos Galvao vs. L.C. Davis and Chris Honeycutt vs. Ben Reiter will all be part of the Spike broadcast beginning at 9 p.m. ET Friday night.
Complete weigh-in results are below:
Main (Spike/9 p.m. ET)
Eduardo Dantas (134.6 lbs.) vs. Joe Warren (133.7) for the Bellator bantamweight championship
A.J. McKee (145.8) vs. Ray Wood (145.8)
Marcos Galvao (137.6) vs. L.C. Davis (136)
Chris Honeycutt (194.0) vs. Ben Reiter (194.1)
Prelims (Bellator.com/8 p.m. ET)
Chris Jones (163.4) vs. Derrick Adkins (161.9)
Gregory Babene (185.7) vs. Emiliano Sordi (185.5)
Kinny Spotwood (208) vs. John King (207.7)
Before he takes on Eduardo Dantas for the bantamweight title at Bellator 166 Friday night, relive the first meeting between Joe Warren and Dantas in this Bellator: Flashback.
Warren pic…
Before he takes on Eduardo Dantas for the bantamweight title at Bellator 166 Friday night, relive the first meeting between Joe Warren and Dantas in this Bellator: Flashback.
Warren picked up a decision win over Dantas back at Bellator 128 in 2014. He has gone 2-2 since, including a September finish of Sirwan Kakai.
Dantas, meanwhile, is 2-0 since that loss to Warren, topping Mike Richman and Marcos Galvao for the title in June.
