Juan Archuleta faces the stiffest test of the Bellator featherweight grand prix first round, but “The Spaniard” wouldn’t have it any other way. Indeed, his fight with reigning two-division Bellator champion Patricio Freire came by special request. Archuleta looked poised for a shot at the Bellator bantamweight title but, after learning that a fight with newly-crowned champion Kyoji Horiguchi wasn’t likely in the immediate future, he turned his attention to the 145-pound division as he jumped into the tournament to face the reigning featherweight champ. Speaking to MMA Junkie ahead of his title fight at Bellator 228 in Inglewood, Calif., on Saturday, Archuleta explained how he landed himself a shot at “Pitbull.” “This fight got signed up right after my last fight,” he said. “When Horiguchi and his team turned down the fight, we went for the next title fight, which was Patricio
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