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Leandro Higo happy to rematch Darrion Caldwell at Bellator 259 after ‘three years of bitterness’

Three years have passed since Darrion Caldwell successfully defended his Bellator belt against Leandro Higo, and the Brazilian admits he spent a long time thinking about the rematch.

Higo and Caldwell will meet again in the co-main event of Friday night’s Bellator 259 in Uncasville, Conn., and “Pitbull” guarantees he’s “never felt so good any in every aspect of my life” going into Bellator 259.

“It will be way different from the first fight,” Higo said in an interview with MMA Fighting. “I got into Bellator in a complete turbulence, right?