Darrion Caldwell is the new Bellator bantamweight champion.
Caldwell entered Friday’s fight with Eduardo Dantas at Bellator 184 in Thackerville, Okla., with only one blemish on his record, and he left that way as well.
Though they are nearly the same age, Dantas had twice the experience of Caldwell, but that didn’t matter. Caldwell used his national champion collegiate wrestling skills to take the fight to Dantas early, slamming him to the canvas with an enormous suplex.