Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire stands on the precipice of MMA history as he enters his fight Saturday at Bellator 297 against bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. Freire is bidding to become the first fighter from a major MMA promotion to win titles in three weight classes.
Patricio"Pitbull" Freire stands on the precipice of MMA history as he enters his fight Saturday at Bellator 297 against bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. Freire is bidding to become the first fighter from a major MMA promotion to win titles in three weight classes.
He hasn't gotten the accolades that fighters like his friend and occasional coach, Henry Cejudo, have received. It gnaws at him, but he believes history will look at him more kindly. This will be his first time since joining Bellator in 2010 that he's fought at 135 pounds. Making weight is a brutal task for most fighters, who often move up in weight after a period of time rather than suffering to sweat off the pounds needed to make a lower class.
He called Pettis"the most technical opponent I have faced," and conceded it wouldn't be easy to defeat him.
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