MIAMI – Patricio “Pitbull” is going to fight Saturday in the UFC.
That’s a sentence that for a long time would shock MMA’s hardcores. But Bellator’s near-consensus promotional GOAT Freire (36-7 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will make his debut at UFC 314 at Kaseya Center.
“I’ve been waiting for this moment my whole career, so I’m very happy with that,” Freire told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a pre-fight news conference Wednesday. “… I’ve had some good experiences in my career with Bellator. RIZIN in Japan is a big show. But being in the UFC is different.”
