Eduardo Dantas will leave Bellator 177 as the bantamweight champion regardless of the result of the fight, after Leandro Higo badly missed weight for the main event in Budapest, Hungary. Yet, "Dudu" has a point to make that goes beyond the belt.
Dantas was originally set to defend his 135-pound title against Darrion Caldwell, but the rising prospect was pulled from the fight after sustaining an injury. Higo, a former RFA and LFA bantamweight champion, stepped in to face Dantas in his promotional debut, but “Dudu" doesn’t feel he deserves to share the cage with him right now.