In a way, Patricio Freire did turn down a fight with Michael Chandler . But does that make him, as Chandler said, a “coward”? Given the specific set of circumstances around a fight that, according to Freire, was actually requested by him, that’s the bit in which the featherweight champ will have to strongly disagree. First, some context: Chandler (17-4 MMA, 14-4 BMMA) was originally set to rematch champ Brent Primus at next month’s Bellator 197 event until an injury forced Primus off the card. Chandler is now set to meet Brandon Girtz in an interim lightweight title bout at the event , but he told ESPN.com that’s only because Freire (26-4 MMA, 14-4 BMMA) passed up on the offer. “I said, ‘100 percent, let’s do that,’” Chandler said.
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