Patricky “Pitbull” Freire is certainly not lacking for motivation this week.
The Bellator lightweight on Friday meets former champ Eddie Alvarez in the main event of Bellator 76 in a superfight of sorts. There is no title on the line, there is no tournament advancement on the line, there is no promise of a spot in a future tournament.
But given Alvarez’s status as a former dominant champ, and that the fight could be his last under the Bellator banner, there is plenty of attention on it.