Earlier this month, 27-year-old Brazilian Patricio Freire (22-2 MMA, 10-2 BMMA) finally captured the Bellator featherweight title he had been chasing since 2010. And while he’s largely denied the rumors that surrounded the contest in the days and weeks before his win over Pat Curran, “Pitbull” now admits the fight almost didn’t happen. Wanting to tell his side of the story, Freire wrote down his recollection of the days before Bellator 123. The following is his side of the story, translated from his native Portuguese into English. On injuries and fight being briefly canceled A few people came at me asking about it, but I denied back then
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