Bellator’s featherweight division has a new contender.
On Friday night at Bellator 204 in Sioux Falls, S.D., bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell made his 1450pound debut in style, stopping Noad Lahat with strikes in the second round. The former NCAA Division I national champion controlled the fight from the outset with his wrestling, taking Lahat down at will and stifling any submission attempts from the bottom. The second round saw more of the same until Lahat turned his back while trying to escape, giving Caldwell the opening to rain right hands in until Lahat went down and the referee was forced to intervene.