Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-05-21, good pace with some nice exchanges: the mma fight Darrion Caldwell vs Leandro Higo 2 gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2021).
Higo vs Caldwell 2 is on the undercard of Cris Cyborg Justino vs Leslie Smith 2 – Bellator 259; in their first match the American defeated the Brazilian via submission in just one round (March 2, 2018 – Darrion Caldwell vs Leandro Higo I). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Leandro Higo fight videos
2018 MMA fight – Leandro Higo vs Aaron Pico – full fight Video Bellator 206
Leandro Higo entered this fight with a professional record of 18-4-0 (72% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.18 bantamweight in the world but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Eduardo Dantas (Eduardo Dantas vs Leandro Higo) and Darrion Caldwell (Darrion Caldwell vs Leandro Higo); between these two bouts he beat Joe Taimanglo.
His opponent, the 2013 cadet Free Style Wrestling world champion Aaron Pico, has a mma record of 3-1-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.181 featherweight. He lost his first pro mma fight against Zach Freeman (Aaron Pico vs Zach Freeman) but then he has won over Justin Linn, Shane Krutchen and Lee Morrison. Pico vs Higo is on the undercard of Gegard Mousasi vs Rory MacDonald – Bellator 206. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Darrion Caldwell vs Leandro Higo full fight Video Bellator 195 – 2018
The Bellator Bw champion Darrion Caldwell entered this fight with a professional mma record of 11-1-0 (45% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.6 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is TJ Dillashaw). He lost to Joe Taimanglo in 2016 (Caldwell vs Taimanglo I) but then he took revenge on him (Taimanglo vs Caldwell II) and defeated Eduardo Dantas (Eduardo Dantas vs Darrion Caldwell).
His opponent, Leandro Higo, has an official record of 18-3-0 (72% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.17 in the same weight class. ‘Pitbull’ Higo fought three times last year beating Steven Peterson and Joe Taimanglo but between these two bouts he lost to Eduardo Dantas (Eduardo Dantas vs Leandro Higo). Caldwell vs Higo, main event of Bellator 195, is valid for the Bellator bantamweight title (Caldwell’s first defense); they also faced each other a second time on May 21, 2021 (Darrion Caldwell vs Leandro Higo 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 MMA fight – Eduardo Dantas vs Leandro Higo – full fight Video Bellator 177
The Bellator Bw champion Eduardo Dantas entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-4-0 (53% 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 over Mike Richman (=Dantas vs Richman) , Marcos Galvao (=Galvao vs Dantas 2) and he took revenge on Warren last year (=Dantas vs Warren 2).
His opponent, Leandro Higo, has an official record of 17-2-0 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.34 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Iliarde Santos in 2012, since then he has won eight consecutive fights beating Steven Peterson in 2017. Eduardo Dantas vs Leandro Higo, main event of Bellator 177, is valid for the Bellator bantamweight title (Dantas’ second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!