September 29, 2022 8: 45 pm ET
LOS ANGELES – Bellator featherweight champ Patricio Freire currently is, probably, the biggest fighter in the promo’s history.
If he includes a title in a 3rd department to his resume, the offer with be sealed for sure. And that’s simply what “Pitbull” has in mind in the not-too-distant future.
“I desire to safeguard the (145-pound) belt one more time after this battle, and shot to take another belt onceagain and endedupbeing a champ-champ onceagain,” Freire informed MMA Junkie at Thursday’s Bellator 286 media day. “I desire to take the (bantamweight) belt, however I have a huge challenger to face – the scale. I’m not too huge, however I’m strong so I have to see how it’s going to takeplace.”
Freire (33-5 MMA, 21-5 BMMA) on Saturday will put the featherweight title on the line versus Adam Borics (18-1 MMA, 9-1 BMMA) in the Bellator 286 primary occasion at Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, Calif. The primary card airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie.
Freire will be putting his belt on the line for the veryfirst time consideringthat he won it back from A.J. McKee in April with a consentaneous choice. McKee beat him in July 2021 with a first-round submission for the title.
Freire stated Bo