Bellator 195 post-event facts: Joe Warren's up and down run continues

Bellator hosted its fourth event of the year on Friday when Bellator 195 took place at WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla. The main card aired on Paramount following prelims on MMAjunkie.

In the main event, Darrion Caldwell (12-1 MMA, 9-1 BMMA) achieved his first successful bantamweight title defense when he put his grappling skills to work yet again and became the first to submit Leandro Higo (18-4 MMA, 1-2 BMMA) with a first-round guillotine choke.

Caldwell’s performance was the highlight of the four-fight lineup, but others also picked up some notable results. For more on the numbers behind the latest Bellator card, check below for 17 post-event facts from Bellator 195.

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General

Debuting fighters went 1-1 at the event.

Betting favorites went 2-2 on the main card.

Betting favorites improved to 3-1 in Bellator main events this year.

Total fight time for the four-bout main card was 47:36.

Main card

Darrion Caldwell

Caldwell became the only Bellator bantamweight champion other than Eduardo Dantas to record a successful title defense.

Caldwell improved to 6-1 since he dropped to the Bellator bantamweight division in May 2015.

Caldwell has earned all of his Bellator stoppage victories by submission.

Caldwell’s five submission victories in Bellator competition are tied for fourth most in divisional history behind Goiti Yamauchi (six), Marcin Held (six) and Alexandre Bezerra (six).

Darrion Caldwell and Leandro Higo

Caldwell’s three submission victories in Bellator bantamweight competition are the most in divisional history.

Higo suffered his first stoppage loss since May 20, 2010 – a span of 2,843 days (nearly eight years) and 14 fights.

Higo suffered the first submission loss of his career.

Joe Taimanglo (24-8-1 MMA, 7-3 BMMA) improved to 5-3 since he dropped to the Bellator bantamweight division in April 2014.

Taimanglo has earned four of his seven Bellator victories by decision.

Joe Warren

Joe Warren (15-7 MMA, 13-6 UFC) has alternated wins and losses over his past eight fights.

Warren fell to 2-3 in his past five fights.

Warren suffered just the second decision loss of his career. Both of those are in his past two defeats.

Kristina Williams (2-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) earned the first decision victory of her career.

Emily Ducote (6-4 MMA, 4-3 BMMA) has suffered three of her four career losses by decision.

Juan Archuleta (18-1 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) extended his winning streak to 13 fights. He hasn’t suffered a defeat since March 2015 in what was his only career blemish.

For complete coverage of Bellator 195, check out the MMA Events section of the site.