Bellator 161: "Kongo vs. Johnson" takes place this Friday night (Sept. 16, 2016) at H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas, featuring a main event between two Heavyweights who are looking to stake a claim to the currently vacant title -- Cheick Kongo and Tony Johnson. While Kongo has a two-fight win streak and Johnson has a three-fight streak coming in, things are less clear for Bantamweights earlier in the night.
Former division champion Joe Warren lost his last fight to Darrion Caldwell, while Sirwan Kakai lost his Bellator MMA debut that same night to the man who'd later give Caldwell his first loss -- Joe "The Juggernaut" Taimanglo.