(This story was originally published on Dec. 2.) Less than 24 hours after leaving WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla., at the conclusion of Bellator 166, the promotion is back in the same arena for tonight’s Bellator 167 fight card. The second night of the promotion’s ambitious back-to-back booking features a main event contest between Darrion Caldwell and Joe Taimanglo . If that matchup seems familiar, it’s because the two bantamweights met at Bellator 159, where Caldwell, the heavy favorite, fell to Taimanglo, submitting to a guillotine choke early in the third round. A little further down the card, Ilima Macfarlane fights for the fourth time under the Bellator banner, facing Emily Ducote in a fight that could move Macfarlane one step closer to a specific high-profile fight for which she’s been angling
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5 reasons to watch tonight’s Bellator 167, including a rematch of a historic upset – MMA Junkie