Goiti Yamauchi Featherweight Goiti Yamauchi picked up his third straight win in the Bellator cage this past Friday at Bellator 144, and now he wants to be rewarded for his efforts. “After this fight, I don’t think I have anything more to prove,” he said at the post-event press conference at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. “I deserve the title shot.” Yamauchi’s request comes at time when the Bellator’s 145-pound class is in need of new contenders. The top of the division has been dominated over the past three years by a trio of fighters – Pat Curran, Daniel Straus (24-6 MMA, 10-3 BMMA) and Patricio Freire (24-2 MMA, 12-2 BMMA), the latter of whom now holds the title. In the headliner of next month’s Spike-televised Bellator 145 event, Freire fights Straus for the third time.