Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-10-06, disappointing fight between Eduardo Dantas and Darrion Caldwell: it gets two stars.The Bellator Bw champion Eduardo Dantas entered this fight with a professional mma record of 20-4-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Cody Garbrandt). ‘Dudu’ Dantas lost to Joe Warren in their first fight in 2014 (=Dantas vs Warren) but then he has won four bouts taking revenge on Warren last year (=Dantas vs Warren 2) and beating Leandro Higo in 2017 (=Dantas vs Higo).
His opponent, Darrion Caldwell, has an official record of 10-1-0 (50% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class. He fought three times last year beating Joe Warren, losing to Joe Taimanglo (=Caldwell vs Taimanglo I) and taking revenge on Taimanglo in their second bout (=Taimanglo vs Caldwell II). Darrion Caldwell vs Eduardo Dantas, main event of Bellator 184, is valid for the Bellator bantamweight title (Dantas’ second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: Bellator 184: Dantas vs. Caldwell
Date: 2017-10-06
Where: Winstar Casino, Thackerville, Oklahoma, USA
Division: bantamweight (135 lbs, 61 kg)
Title: Bellator Bantamweight Championship title
Dantas’ previous fight: Eduardo Dantas vs Leandro Higo
Caldwell’s previous fight: Joe Taimanglo vs Darrion Caldwell 2
Caldwell’s next fight: Darrion Caldwell vs Leandro Higo
Dantas’ next fight: Eduardo Dantas vs Michael McDonald
Dantas vs Caldwell Fight Video:
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Official video (USA)
not a bad fight .. Caldwell tried to burn the clock a lot during the first couple of rounds .. some nice scrambles … still not the most exciting fight