Prospect Darrion Caldwell Avenges Lone Career Loss to Joe Taimanglo in Bellator 167 Headliner

You can call it a fluke or call it a learning experience, but however you may want to reckon Joe Taimanglo’s July upset of Darrion Caldwell, the latter now has vengeance and redemption.Saturday night, headlining the second of two back-to-back bills on consecutive nights at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla., the 2009 NCAA Division I wrestling champion Caldwell avenged his lone career loss from this past summer, grinding out Taimanglo en route to a complete 30-27 shutout on the official scorecards at Bellator 167. At Bellator 159 in Kansas this past July, the 28-year-old Caldwell, then undefeated, dominated for two rounds with his outstanding wrestling before diving head-first into a fight-ending guillotine early in round three, producing one of 2016’s most shocking MMA upsets. This time around, the bantamweight prospect employed the same strategy, but with no slip-ups, grounding the Guam native for the full 15 minutes and beating him up on top throughout. Though Taimanglo had a decent look at a figure-four guillotine early in round one, his chances never got any better as the former North Carolina State wrestler grounded him repeatedly and controlled the action. His lone career loss avenged, Alliance MMA’s Caldwell moves to 10-1 in his pro career. The loss drops Taimanglo to 23-7-1. In the co-feature of the evening, once-beaten …

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