Patricio Freire Focusing On Featherweight Grand Prix After Kyoji Horiguchi Fight Not Happening

Patricio Freire is the Bellator featherweight and lightweight champion, but he was looking to become the bantamweight champion as well. “Pitbull” was hoping to fight newly crowned champion, Kyoji Horiguchi, but he has been told that fight i…

Patricio Freire is the Bellator featherweight and lightweight champion, but he was looking to become the bantamweight champion as well. “Pitbull” was hoping to fight newly crowned champion, Kyoji Horiguchi, but he has been told that fight is unlikely to happen. “I requested a title shot at 135 pounds against the winner of that fight,” […]

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Pitbull Freire Delivers Epic Bellator Moment with Round 1 KO of Michael Chandler

Patricio “Pitbull” Freire did what his brother couldn’t… beat Michael Chandler for the Bellator lightweight world title. And in doing so, Pitbull became a two-division champ in Bellator…

Patricio “Pitbull” Freire did what his brother couldn’t… beat Michael Chandler for the Bellator lightweight world title. And in doing so, Pitbull became a two-division champ in Bellator…

Michael Chandler: ‘Patricio Pitbull is Dangerous to Other Featherweights’

Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler may not like reigning featherweight champion Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire but he respects him stepping up to the challenge. At Bellator 221 this weekend, the Brazilian 145-pound champion will move up in weigh…

Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler may not like reigning featherweight champion Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire but he respects him stepping up to the challenge. At Bellator 221 this weekend, the Brazilian 145-pound champion will move up in weight to challenge Chandler for his title but this grudge match goes far beyond any belts up for grabs. […]

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Patricio Pitbull Plans On Vacating Bellator Lightweight Title If He Beats Michael Chandler

Patricio “Pitbull” Freire will challenge for Michael Chandler’s Bellator lightweight championship. The fight goes down at Bellator 221 from Rosemont, Illinois on May 11th. Freire currently reigns as the promotion’s featherweight…

Patricio “Pitbull” Freire will challenge for Michael Chandler’s Bellator lightweight championship. The fight goes down at Bellator 221 from Rosemont, Illinois on May 11th. Freire currently reigns as the promotion’s featherweight champion and will attempt to become the company’s second-ever “Champ Champ”. However, he has zero interest in keeping the title longer than fight night. […]

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Bellator 178 Weigh-In Results

Bellator 178 takes place on Friday, April 21, 2017 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The prelims will air online while the main card will air on Spike TV at 9:00 PM EST. A featherweight world title fight between Daniel Straus against Patricio Pitbull will serve as the main event of Bellator 178.Straus and

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Bellator 178 takes place on Friday, April 21, 2017 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The prelims will air online while the main card will air on Spike TV at 9:00 PM EST.

A featherweight world title fight between Daniel Straus against Patricio Pitbull will serve as the main event of Bellator 178.Straus and “Pitbull” have fought three times before, with Pitbull winning two. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane vs. Jessica Middleton in a flyweight bout will serve as the co-main event. Rounding out the main card is Saad Awad vs. Ryan Quinn in a lightweight bout and A.J. McKee vs. Dominic Mazzotta in a featherweight bout.

Bellator officials held the weigh-ins for Bellator 178 on Thursday and you can watch them here:

Here are the weigh-in results:

MAIN CARD (Spike, 9 p.m. ET)

Champ Daniel Straus (145) vs. Patricio Freire (144) – for featherweight title

Ilima MacFarlane (126) vs. Jessica Middleton (126)

Dominic Mazzotta (146) vs. A.J. McKee (146)

Saad Awad (164.5) vs. Ryan Quinn (164.5)

PRELIMINARY CARD (Online, 6:50 p.m. ET)

Nick Alley (167) vs. Kastriot Xhema (165)

Mak Kelleher (149.75) vs. Don Shainis (149.5)

Regivaldo Carvalho (149.75) vs. Jay Perrin (140)

Kemran Lachinov (164.5) vs. Sam Watford (164)

Remo Cardarelli (124) vs. John Lopez (125.5)

Chris Foster (145) vs. Shane Manley (146)

Tom English (146) vs. Blair Tugman (146)

Tim Caron (195) vs. Jordan Young (195)

David Mundell (184.25) vs. Ed Ruth (185.5)

Branko Busick (220) vs. Tyrell Fortune (244.5)

Billy Giovanella (124.75) vs. Josh Ricci (126)

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