Darrion Caldwell extended his winning streak to four fights with a second-round knockout victory over Noad Lahat in the main event of Friday’s Bellator 204 event in Sioux Falls, S.D.
The current Bellator MMA bantamweight champion moved up to featherweight for this bout with Lahat.
An NCAA Division 1 national champion wrestler out of North Carolina State University, Caldwell is now 13-1 in mixed martial arts since making his professional debut in 2012. Caldwell won Bellator’s 135-pound title last October when he beat Eduardo Dantas at Bellator 184. The 30-year-old Rahway, N.J., native is now looking to become a two-division champion with his move up to the 145-pound weight class.
“The 145-pound strap is going to be mine eventually,” Caldwell told reporters after the event. “Whenever Bellator’s ready for me to fight of the 145-pound title, it’s going to happen. I’m going to be the champion there.”
Patricio “Pitbull” Freire is Bellator’s current featherweight titleholder.
Also at Bellator 204, Logan Storley improved to 9-0 as a pro by finishing A.J. Matthews with a series of elbows and punches in the welterweight co-main event. Rising star James Gallagher was handed his first career loss courtesy of Ricky Bandejas.
Here are the complete results from Bellator 204.
MAIN CARD
— Darrion Caldwell def. Noad Lahat by knockout
— Logan Storley def. A.J. Matthews by TKO
— Ricky Bandejas def. James Gallagher by knockout
— Tywan Claxton def. Cris Lencioni by unanimous decision
PRELIMINARY CARD
— Omar Morales def. Troy Nawrocki by knockout
— Demarques Jackson def. Bryce Logan by split decision
— Jason Jackson def. Jordon Larson by TKO
— David Michaud def. Corey Davis by knockout
— Romero Cotton def. Willie Whitehead by TKO
— Tyler Ray def. Seth Bass by knockout
— Keith Phathaem vs. Micah Peatrowsky by unanimous decision
— Lloyd McKinney def. Robiel Tesfaldet by submission
— Jeff Nielsen def. Wyatt Meyer by TKO
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