Bellator 151: Warren vs. Caldwell will take place March 4, 2016 at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event will air live in prime time on Spike TV.
Official fight card
Fight Card
Bantamweight Joe Warren vs. Darrion Caldwell
Welterweight Fernando Gonzalez vs. Gilbert Smith
Featherweight Goiti Yamauchi vs. Bubba Jenkins
Bantamweight Joe Taimanglo vs. Sirwan Kakai
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Featherweight Chris Jones vs. Ray Wood
Bantamweight Steve Garcia vs. Ricky Turcios
Welterweight Justin Patterson vs. Chance Rencountre
Featherweight Treston Thomison vs. Aaron Roberson
Welterweight Neiman Gracie vs. Roger Carroll
Middleweight Derek Palmer vs. Jermayne Barnes
Featherweight Shane Peterson vs. Stephen Banaszak
Background
The event was expected to be headlined by a rematch between Marcos Galvao and Eduardo Dantas for the Bellator Bantamweight Championship. The bantamweight title rematch was originally scheduled for Bellator 144, but was postponed when Dantas was forced to withdraw after suffering a rib injury in training. Dantas defeated Galvao via second-round knockout in their first meeting at Bellator 89 when “Dudu” was the promotion’s reigning 135-pound champ. However, due to an illness throughout the week leading to the fight, Galvao was pulled from the card the day of the weigh ins.
The co-main event featured local favorite David Rickels facing off against Bobby Cooper.
