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Kemal
23-10-2016, 07:54
Next month’s Bellator 167 card has two new additions.

Officials recently announced a women’s flyweight bout between Ilima Macfarlane (4-0 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) and Emily Ducote (4-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA), as well as a welterweight matchup of Chidi Njokuani (15-4 MMA 2-0 BMMA) vs. Andre Fialho (7-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA).

Bellator 167 takes place Dec. 3 at WinStar World Casino & Resort in Thackerville, Okla. The main card airs on Spike following prelims on MMAjunkie.

MacFarlane, a 26-year-old Hawaiian, looks for her fourth straight Bellator win after joining the promotion following an infamous win that went viral. She looks to build off wins over Maria Rios, Amber Tackett and Rebecca Ruth when she meets Ducote, a 23-year-old who looks for her fifth straight win overall and her third consecutive Bellator victory after submitting Bruna Vargas and Kenya Miranda da Silva earlier this year.

Njokuani meanwhile, is a longtime RFA and Legacy FC fighter who’s defeated Rickey Rainey and Thiago Jambo under the Bellator banner to push his current winning streak to six. The 27-year-old meets Andre Fialho, a fellow striker. The 22-year-old Portuguese fighter has earned knockout wins over Manuel Meraz and Rick Reger since joining Bellator.

The latest Bellator 167 card now includes:

Pat Curran vs. John Teixeira
Emily Ducote vs. Ilima MacFarlane
Andre Fialho vs. Chidi Njokuani

Kemal
03-11-2016, 08:53
Darrion Caldwell vs. Joe Taimanglo rematch completes Bellator 167 main card

The main card for the second night of Bellator’s December double header is complete with the addition of a bantamweight rematch between Darrion Caldwell and Joe Taimanglo.

Caldwell (9-1 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) and Taimanglo (23-6-1 MMA, 6-2 BMMA) will open the Spike-televised main card following prelims on MMAjunkie Dec. 3 at at WinStar World Casino & Resort in Thackerville, Okla. The previous day, Bellator 166 takes place at the same location.

Caldwell and Taimanglo met at Bellator 159 in July, the most recent fight for both men. Caldwell did well in the first two rounds, but was caught with a fight-ending guillotine choke at the 0:09 mark of Round 3 ( check out video highlights of the bout above). The defeat was the first loss of Caldwell’s career.

The first meeting was set to be a title eliminator at 135 pounds, but Taimanglo missed weight, somewhat dampening the massive upset victory. Caldwell was a 14-1 favorite entering the bout, making the upset the fourth biggest in MMA history.

Taimanglo is now riding a four-fight winning streak, the run coming after suffering back-to-back losses. He has finished two of his four opponents during the streak.

Caldwell came into the first bout with Taimanglo off a career-best win over Joe Warren at Bellator 151. After dominating the former multi-division champ, Caldwell locked in a rear-naked choke at the 3:23 mark of Round 1.

The complete Bellator 167 card includes:

MAIN CARD (Spike, 9 p.m. ET)
Derek Campos vs. Patricky Freire
Emily Ducote vs. Ilima MacFarlane
Andre Fialho vs. Chidi Njokuani
Justin Lawrence vs. John Teixeira
Darrion Caldwell vs. Joe Taimanglo

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMAjunkie, 7 p.m. ET)
Brandon Lee vs. Jarod Trice
Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Dakota Cochrane
Jonathan Gary vs. Aaron Roberson
Stephen Banaszak vs. Brandon Phillips
Codale Ford vs. Justin Peterson

Kemal
26-11-2016, 07:56
Patricky Freire injured, out of Bellator 167 main event rematch with Derek Campos

It looks like the second of next week’s back-to-back Bellator cards in Oklahoma has taken a big hit.

Bellator 167 headliner Patricky Freire (16-8 MMA, 9-7 BMMA) is out of his lightweight main event against Derek Campos (17-6 MMA, 6-3 BMMA). A Bellator official confirmed the news to MMAjunkie following an initial report from MMAfighting.com. Bellator officials have not yet made a formal announcement.

Bellator 167 takes place Dec. 3 at WinStar World Casino & Resort in Thackerville, Okla. The previous day, Bellator 166 takes place at the same location. Both events air on Spike following prelims on MMAjunkie.

Freire scored a second-round TKO of Campos in their first meeting at Bellator 117 in April 2014. He’s gone 3-3 in the six fights following that victory. Most recently, “Pitbull” was knocked out by Michael Chandler at the 2:14 mark of Round 1 in a bid to capture the vacant lightweight title.

Campos is 3-2 since his loss to Freire. He is currently riding a two-fight winning streak, knocking out Melvin Guillard at Bellator 149 and taking a decision win over Djamil Chan. According to MMAfighting.com, he will be rebooked after the new year.

It is not yet known which fight will move up to become Bellator 167’s new headliner. But with Bellator 166 taking place the day before, there could be the possibility that a fight could shift from the Friday show to Saturday.

Bellator 167’s original main event was set to be between former featherweight champion Pat Curran (22-7 MMA, 12-4 BMMA) and John Teixeira (18-1-2 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) before an injury knocked Curran off the card. Teixeira will now face Justin Lawrence (9-3 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) on the main card.

The Bellator 167 card includes:

MAIN CARD (Spike, 9 p.m. ET)
Emily Ducote vs. Ilima MacFarlane
Andre Fialho vs. Chidi Njokuani
Justin Lawrence vs. John Teixeira
Darrion Caldwell vs. Joe Taimanglo

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMAjunkie, 7 p.m. ET)
Brandon Lee vs. Jarod Trice
Jonathan Gary vs. Aaron Roberson
Stephen Banaszak vs. Brandon Phillips
Codale Ford vs. Justin Peterson

Kemal
03-12-2016, 08:59
Bellator 167 weigh-in results:

MAIN CARD (Spike, 9 p.m. ET)
Darrion Caldwell (135.5) vs. Joe Taimanglo (135.2)
Justin Lawrence (145) vs. John Teixeira (145.5)
Emily Ducote (124.8) vs. Ilima MacFarlane (125.6)
Andre Fialho (171) vs. Chidi Njokuani (174.8) – 175-pound catchweight

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMAjunkie, 7 p.m. ET)
Tommie Britton (202.4) vs. Jarod Trice (205.3)
Jonathan Gary (155) vs. Aaron Roberson (155.6)
Codale Ford (170.1) vs. Justin Patterson (170.7)
Fernando Gonzalez (171) vs. Chris Hicks (169.1)
Bronson St. Romaine (231.7) vs. Joey Soto (261.8)