In late 2012, former Bellator featherweight champion Joe Warren set the goal of getting back to the top of the promotion and claiming another world title. This Friday, Warren has an opportunity to do just that when he faces Eduardo Dantas for the Bellator 135-pound title. “That’s a test of a champion if you can get put down on your butt and you can push and get back to where you want to,” Warren told MMAWeekly.com. “It’s all about goal setting. I’m a great goal setter and a great goal achiever. “The Owen Evinger fight (in November 2012) was the first step and here we are five fights later and it’s exciting to get back to where I’m comfortable.” Warren won the interim bantamweight title in a fight this past may over Rafael Silva in a bout he feels was the kind of difficult test he can grow off of and become better from
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Joe Warren Believes He is the True Bellator Bantamweight Champion – MMA Weekly