The PFL’s season tournament is not something that sparks Patricio Freire’s interest.
The Bellator featherweight champion has no intention to compete in the season tournament now that PFL acquired Bellator and merged rosters. Freire is no stranger to competing in similar types of formats, having fought in Bellator’s grand prix, but it’s PFL’s point system in the playoffs that puts off “Pitbull.”
“I don’t like PFL’s tournament format,” Freire told MMA Junkie. “This whole thing about the points, you can fight the former champion and win by decision and have a very tough fight, but win by decision, and then another guy gets a scrub and knocks him out in the first round, and he moves into the playoffs and you don’t. There’s not much merit this way. In my mind, I’m still a Bellator fighter and a champion, so I want to defend my belt.”
