Bellator 159’s Joe Taimanglo: Darrion Caldwell Will ‘Freak Out’ Once I Hit Him

Joe Taimanglo knows how he is perceived heading into Bellator 159, as a mere steppingstone on the way to Darrion Caldwell’s eventual coronation as bantamweight champion. Being an underdog is no issue for the 32-year-old Guam native, however. “Oh yeah, he’s definitely the favorite in this one, [with] his undefeated record and his college wrestling career. I’ve been the underdog so many times it doesn’t faze me,” Taimanglo recently told Sherdog.com. “He has to step in the ring too. Me going in there as an underdog, it’s just one of those fights where I’m working hard to climb up the ranks and be that No. 1 fighter at 135. That title is in reach, so this opportunity I’m not going to let slip out my hands.” Taimanglo and Caldwell will square off in the Bellator 159 headliner on Friday night at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kan., with a shot at reigning 135-pound king Eduardo Dantas on the line. The evening’s main card airs on Spike TV beginning at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT. Caldwell is coming off a surprisingly dominant victory over two-division titlist Joe Warren in …

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