Night Two, Bellator 167
Saturday
Night’s Bellator 167 continues the Bantamweight
Division action the promotion started the previous night in Thackerville,
Oklahoma. Bellator takes over WinStar Casino and Resort for a
two-night stint, offering back-to-back events. Friday, Bellator 166 is headlined by Champion Eduardo Dantas and
challenger, Joe Warren for Bellator’s Bantamweight
Crown. Top BW’s Marcos Galvao and LC Davis also battle it out Friday evening. Saturday
the show doesn’t hit the road, in fact they stay put and offer Bantamweights,
Joe Taimanglo and Darrion Caldwell in the Main Event.
Joe The Juggernaut Taimanglo is riding a
four-fight win streak, including a Third Round Guillotine-Choke Submission (0:09) of opponent, Darrion Caldwell at
Bellator 159 (7/22/16). The 23-6 Guamanian
has been a pro since 2004 and is the former Pacific
Xtreme Combat Featherweight Champ. Thirty-two year-old, Taimanglo is 6-2 in
Bellator (2Subs, 1KO).
Darrion
The Wolf Caldwell missed weight in
his July fight with Taimanglo and received his first career loss in the effort.
Convinced he could perform better, Caldwell desired the rematch. The Wolf won the biggest fight of his
9-1 career in March at Bellator 151
by choking former champ, Joe Warren to sleep with a First Round Rear-Naked-Choke (3:23). All five of the
2009 NCAA Wrestling National Champion’s
MMA finishes have come in the first round (4Subs). At 5’10” Caldwell is tall
for the division and will enjoy a nine inch reach advantage Saturday night.
Ilima-Lei
MacFarlane will take on Oklahoma City’s own, Emily Ducote in a Flyweight Fight.
Twenty-six year old, MacFarlane is 4-0 (2Subs, 1KO/TKO) and has competed for Bellator her last three bouts. The Ilimanator has Submitted her
previous two opponents: began 2016 at Bellator
148 in January with a First Round (2:09) Arm-Bar of Amber Tackett and followed that performance with a
Second Round (3:00) Rear-Naked-Choke
of Rebecca Ruth in June. MacFarlane was also undefeated as an Amateur at 5-0.
4-1
Emily Gordinha Ducote lost her Pro
debut, but has since rattled off four straight including a pair of Submission
wins in her most recent appearances. The Twenty-three year old is competing in
her fifth fight of 2016. At Bellator 159
Gordinha caught Bruna Vargas in a
Second Round (0:29) Rear-Naked-Choke,
less than two months later at Bellator
161 she stopped Kenya Miranda da Silva with an Arm-Bar in the Second Round (4:37).
In the
Featherweight Division, 20-1 John Teixeira faces 9-3 Justin Lawrence. Thirty
year old, John Macapa Teixeira has
finished fourteen of his twenty wins (10 Subs). The Brazilian’s only loss came
in his single UFC appearance, a Split
Decision loss to Hugo Viana (6/23/12). The Nova
Uniao talent is on a five fight win and nine fight unbeaten streak (6/23/13
Draw). He should forever avoid fighting on June 23rd.
Justin The American Kid Lawrence fights out of
Pacific, Missouri and is coming off a 6/24/16 TKO win over Isao Kobayashi (2nd
Round, 2:49) in his home state at Bellator
157. Lawrence was Dominic Cruz’s
first pick in The Ultimate Fighter Live
Season 15. Although losing in the Semis to (Show Winner) Michael Chiesa, The American Kid appeared in the TUF 15 Finale (6/1/12), Head-Kicking cast-mate, John Cofer
unconscious in the Third Round (0:19).
Also on
the card, 6’3” Welterweight, Chidi Njokuani takes on undefeated, Andre Fialho
in what should be a slugfest. Twenty-seven year old Chidi Chidi Bang Bang Njokuani earned his ninth career TKO/KO win in
June, stoping Thiago Jambo Goncalves in the Third Round (2:39). The Las Vegas
scraper is 15-4-1.
Portugal’s
Andre Fialho has finished six of his seven wins (6TKO/KO, 1 Sub) in the opening
round (the other came in the second round). This is Fiahlo’s third fight of
2016, in February the striker made quick work of Manuel Meraz, Knocking him out
in just twenty-nine seconds and at Bellator
154 Rick Reger made it to 2:11 before falling to the same fate.
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