Opponent switches aren’t always ideal, but Bellator lightweight contender Patricky Freire doesn’t seem too broken up about the way things have turned out for him. After Freire’s original opponent, fellow Brazilian Goiti Yamauchi, had to drop out of Sept. 21’s Bellator 205 due to injury, Freire (19-8 MMA, 12-7 BMMA) ended up paired with veteran Roger Huerta (24-10-1 MMA, 1-3 BMMA). And he’s not mad at the matchup ahead. “I’ve always wanted to fight Roger Huerta,” Freire told MMAjunkie shortly after finding out about his new foe. By the time Freire had his Bellator debut, back in 2011, Huerta had competed for them three times – including a headliner opposite Eddie Alvarez
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