The PFL vs. Bellator card has undergone some last-minute shuffling during fight week. 2023 PFL featherweight finalist Gabriel Braga will step in against Bellator champion Patricio Freire following the withdrawal of Jesus Pinedo due to injury.
The PFL vs. Bellator main card has taken a hit, as Jesus Pinedo has withdrawn from a proposed featherweight clash against Patricio Freire for undisclosed reasons.
Despite never fighting under the same banner, Patricio Freire and John Lineker are quite familiar with each other’s work. Ahead of the second edition of the documentary by Combate titled “Rivals,” Freire and Lineker met backstage.
Patricio Freire is keeping is options open for the future. After recently admitting interest in moving to the UFC upon completing his Bellator contract, Freire revisited that subject in an interview with Super Lutas.
Bellator MMA great Patricio Freire will be out of action for the foreseeable future. Earlier in the week, Freire (35-7) volunteered for a short-notice fight against Chihiro Suzuki (11-3, 1 NC) at Super Rizin 2.
In their second event together, Bellator and Rizin will host a special fight card tonight at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. On the Bellator portion of the card, the main event will see Patricky Freire take on Roberto de Souza in the Lightweight World Grand Prix quarter-finals.
Patricio Freire is a late addition to this weekend’s Super Rizin 2 event, as the Bellator featherweight champion will face Japanese kickboxing specialist Chihiro Suzuki in a 154-pound catchweight affair.
Sergio Pettis wasn’t exactly the picture of confidence heading into his title defense against Patricio Freire. “I thought I was gonna lose this fight. I ain’t gonna lie,” Pettis said at the Bellator 297 post-fight press conference.
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One of the most accomplished athletes in MMA history, Patricio Freire is ready to step up his game and elevate his status in MMA. Can he become the all-time "GOAT" in MMA following a win at Bellator 297?
While Sergio Pettis is the one defending the bantamweight championship at Bellator 297 on Friday, he still seems like the B-side to Patricio Freire in many respects.
Born: July 7, 1987 (Age: 35) in Mossoro, Brazil Division: Bantamweight Height: 5’6” Reach: 65.5” Record: 35-5 (23-5 Bellator) Association: Pitbull Brothers
Can Patricio Freire make history? Will Yoel Romero finally hold a world title? Here's all you need to know about Bellator 297.
Nicknamed the “fighting scientist” by Patricio Freire, Francisco “Chikão”' Freitas is the man behind the Bellator champion’s move to bantamweight. A nutritionist, physiologist and physical trainer, Freitas discussed how Freire reached 145 pounds three weeks ahead of schedule in his weight cut.
Count Patricio Freire among those who was impressed by Patrick Mix’s first-round knockout of Raufeon Stots in the finals of Bellator’s bantamweight grand prix on Saturday.
The coach of Bellator MMA great Patricio Freire expects that it is only a matter of time until his fighter is a triple champ. At Fight Ready in Arizona,
The cross-promotional event between Bellator MMA and Rizin Fighting Federation ended with a complete victory for Bellator fighters, who went 5-0 at the end of the evening.
Big fan of Patricio Freire here. I’ve written glowingly about him before as one of the greatest fighters to ever live and a peerless martial artist who has thoroughly mastered every aspect of the game.
Reigning Bellator MMA featherweight champion Patricio Freire will take his talents to the Land of the Rising Sun for the first time when Bellator and the Rizin Fighting Federation join forces for Rizin 40 on Saturday at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Bellator featherweight champion Patricio Freire can look back on 2022 as a year to remember. After regaining the 145-pound belt in a rematch against A.J.
One of the most accomplished fighters in Bellator history is also one of the most feared fighters in MMA today. Here is all you need to know about Patricio Freire.
Freire reiterated a bold claim, based on his belief that his guillotine choke in Round 3 of Bellator 277 should have finished the job against McKee.
Freire explained why he's so good in rematches and gave props to his most recent opponent in McKee.
Patricio Freire is champion once again Bellator MMA returns to us tonight, April 15, 2022, The post Patricio Freire reclaims title in rematch against AJ McKee at Bellator 277 appeared first on MyMMANews.
Time may soon tell whether or not Patricio Freire has finally encountered a hurdle he cannot clear. “Pitbull” will challenge the unbeaten A.J. McKee for the Bellator MMA featherweight championship when their blockbuster rematch headlines Bellator 277 on Friday at the SAP Center in San Jose, California.
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