Former bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell is focused on getting past A.J. McKee at Bellator 253 so he can get to the prize: Patricio Freire.
Caldwell is driven by animosity built over trash talk with the Freire brothers, and he anticipates he’ll be seeing the younger “Pitbull” brother at the end of the Bellator featherweight grand prix. Not only that, he believes he’ll hold the belt when the dust settles.
“I’m too long and rangy for him,” Caldwell, who faces McKee in the headliner of Thursday’s event at Mohegan Sun Arena, told MMA Fighting during a virtual media day.