Recent Articles on Sherdog.com · Mar 21, 2024
Plenty of Fuel in Leandro Higo’s Fire
Leandro Higo’s world-class skills have brought him a long way in Bellator MMA. He just hopes they can take him a little bit further.
The 35-year-old Brazilian will venture into hostile territory when he moves up in weight to confront James Gallagher in a three-round Bellator 302 featherweight feature on Friday at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Higo fought for the company’s bantamweight crown in 2018—he surrendered to a Darrion Caldwell guillotine choke—and has spent the last four years trying to get back to the top.
“I’m motivated by challenges,” he told Sherdog.com. “I want to stay on this path until I capture the belt, which has always been my goal.”