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A.J. McKee is extremely confident heading into the Bellator MMA featherweight Grand Prix final against the defending champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire tomorrow night. Following the mayhem at Bellator 255, Freire cemented his status as one …
A.J. McKee is extremely confident heading into the Bellator MMA featherweight Grand Prix final against the defending champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire tomorrow night. Following the mayhem at Bellator 255, Freire cemented his status as one of the top featherweights in the world. While this was known in many circles of the mixed martial arts world, […]
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Bellator 255 took place Friday night on Showtime, and you can find the results from the card right here. Below are some of the highlights from the night’s action! The main card began with a competitive fight between flyweights Kana Watanabe and A…
Bellator 255 took place Friday night on Showtime, and you can find the results from the card right here. Below are some of the highlights from the night’s action! The main card began with a competitive fight between flyweights Kana Watanabe and Alejandra Lara. Watanabe earned the split-decision nod, and you can find a quick […]
UPDATE: The results are in! Check out the full results for Bellator 255 below! Also, you can view highlights from the main card right here! Bellator 255 takes place tonight on Showtime, and you can find the results from the card right here at the concl…
UPDATE: The results are in! Check out the full results for Bellator 255 below! Also, you can view highlights from the main card right here! Bellator 255 takes place tonight on Showtime, and you can find the results from the card right here at the conclusion of the event! Bellator 255 will be held from inside […]
Bellator’s 145lb and 155lb champion, Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire, is set to compete in the semi-final of the featherweight GP at Bellator 255. His opponent comes in the form of a familiar face for ‘Pitbull’ as Emmanuel Sanchez steps up to make his run at 145lb gold. The two fighters previously fought in 2018, in one […]
Bellator’s 145lb and 155lb champion, Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire, is set to compete in the semi-final of the featherweight GP at Bellator 255. His opponent comes in the form of a familiar face for ‘Pitbull’ as Emmanuel Sanchez steps up to make his run at 145lb gold. The two fighters previously fought in 2018, in one of Bellator‘s most exciting five-round fights to date.
The double champ is supremely confident going into the rematch. Having won the first fight by decision, Freire believes he has improved so much since then, that he will now dominate the fight wherever it ends up. Speaking with LowKick MMA’s Frank Bonada, Pitbull discussed how this second fight will demonstrate an even more impressive version of himself than in the first bout.
“The fight might be a war,” said Freire, “The first one was. But back then he was bringing a new style for me. I’ve brought new martial arts disciplines into my game. And right now, I’m much more adapted to it. So I think it’s gonna be different. I think it’s gonna be more in my favour. Less balanced than the first fight was.”
Freire also spoke about how he stacks up with Sanchez in terms of skill and ability. Unsurprisingly, the double champ does not believe ‘El Matador’ to be his equal in any area of MMA. He had the following to say:
“I feel I’m a better fighter than him in every aspect. In striking, in grappling, in wrestling. And so I can see different ways of winning this fight. I can see myself finish him standing. I can see myself submitting him. And I can see myself outwrestling him. Everyone has a plan till the fight starts. And we have to dance according to the music. You will see how it goes when we fight.
Should the fight against Sanchez go as Freire expects, he will then go on to face A.J. McKee in the final of the featherweight tournament. Whilst this does mean that Pitbull will be tied up in the 145lb division for the immediate future, he does still plan of making a lightweight title defence in 2021. He stated the following:
“We have two more fights in the featherweight tournament before I’ll have cleaned up the division again. So Bellator will have to review it. So the next step will be to defend the lightweight title.”
Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire will face off against Emmanuel Sanchez at Bellator 255 on April 2nd.
Matt Mitrione, a staple of heavyweight MMA since 2009, is set to face off against Tyrell Fortune at Bellator 255. ‘Meathead’ is looking to start 2021 with a bang, and instantly put the heavyweight division back on watch. However, he is aware of how dangerous an opponent Fortune will be. Mitrione recently sat down with […]
Matt Mitrione, a staple of heavyweight MMA since 2009, is set to face off against Tyrell Fortune at Bellator 255.
‘Meathead’ is looking to start 2021 with a bang, and instantly put the heavyweight division back on watch. However, he is aware of how dangerous an opponent Fortune will be.
Mitrione recently sat down with LowKick MMA’s Frank Bonada to talk all things Bellator 255 and beyond.
On the topic of Tyrell Fortune as an opponent, Mitrione has first-hand experience of how dangerous the wrestler can be. The two fighters have previously trained together, and whilst there is no bad blood between the two, Mitrione is still going into the fight with bad intention. He stated the following about Fortune:
“He’s a very accomplished wrestler. He’s very capable as far as getting people to the ground, holding on to them. I think that he’s athletic. I think that he’s always succeeded in sports, so all he knows is success. So I think he’ll be a game opponent and it should be an interesting competition.
“I’ve been training with Tyrell for many years. So I know Tyrell fairly well, he knows me fairly well. I figured that by the time he came to the point of his name recognition fighting me that I would be on my way out of Bellator.”
“I don’t think I’m gonna surprise anybody when I tell you I’m gonna punch him in his face. And he’s going to do his best to avoid that. Get me by my hips, hold me down. I think what he’s gonna do is very similar to what (Ryan) Bader did right. Bader’s game plan is the way to beat me. So I know he’s living in Arizona, he’s probably training with Bader.
One of the major headlines regarding Bellator in 2021 is that of the implementation of a ranking system in each division. This has been something long cried out for by many fight fans. However, Mitrione does quite feel the same way. He stated the following:
“I’m not even trying to be sarky or an a*****e here. I don’t know and I don’t care. I don’t put any credence in rankings whatsoever, I think that they’re arbitrarily picked.“
“At least from the existing rankings in the other promotion (UFC), they mean literally nothing. It’s literally whoever they want, they put them in. If they want to publicise them or promote them, that’s what they do, they put them higher. If they want to punish them, they take them out. It doesn’t matter at all. And for me, I genuinely, honestly, could not care less.”
Emmanuel Sanchez will face Patricio “Pitbull” Freire on April 2 at Bellator 255. The two men have crossed hands before for the featherweight crown back in 2018 at Bellator 209, and while Sanchez came up short, his eye has never been off the prize. This…
Emmanuel Sanchez will face Patricio “Pitbull” Freire on April 2 at Bellator 255. The two men have crossed hands before for the featherweight crown back in 2018 at Bellator 209, and while Sanchez came up short, his eye has never been off the prize. This time, Sanchez has hardened his skin in the early rounds […]