Give him credit. He’s dodges questions like
Silva dodged punches vs. GriffinDana: Oh, Pitbull?
Media: Yes, what do you think of him as a fighter.
Dana: I don’t know. I honestly couldn’t tell you.#UFC
pic.twitter.com/Av6hzcbEYx— Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman)
August 23, 2020
Patricio
Freire didn’t take kindly to Dana White’s dismissal of a
potential cross-promotional bout between fighters from Bellator MMA
and the UFC.
White not only scoffed at the notion of Bellator’s light
heavyweight division being superior to the UFC’s, but he also
claimed not to be aware of other top talents on the
California-based promotion’s roster, including the two-division
champion Freire.
First, Freire reminded the world that he defeated Michael
Chandler, a fighter whom White has recently expressed interest
in signing as a free agent.
Hi [Dana White], I’m the one who destroyed steroids machine
[Michael
Chandler], whom you said deserves a talk, in 61 seconds,”
Freire
wrote on Twitter. “If you send some of your top fighters to
Bellator MMA, I can do the same to them too. Let’s bet like you did
with Pride.”
Bellator president Scott Coker has long been an advocate of
cross-promotional bookings, and Bellator has recently shared cards
with Japanese organization Rizin Fighting Federation. Freire says
that if Bellator allowed him to face a UFC champion such as
Khabib
Nurmagomedov or Alexander
Volkanovski, he’d be willing to put his money where his mouth
is.
“Any way works fine for me,” Freire wrote. I’m sure if [Dana White]
and the UFC are open to it, Bellator MMA will let me go there [and]
fight their champions. I will even personally bet $1 million with
White that I win. How does that sound for an incentive?”
Any way works fine for me. I’m sure if
@danawhite
and the @UFC are open to
it @BellatorMMA
will let me go there fight their champions. I will even personally
bet 1 million dollars with White that I win. How does that sound
for an incentive?— Patricio Freire (@PatricioPitbull)
August 23, 2020
Freire has long been among the top featherweights in the world and
is coming off a decision win over Juan
Archuleta at Bellator 228 this past September. He became a
two-division champ with a first-round TKO of Chandler at Bellator
221. He owns a 30-4 career mark that also includes wins over the
likes of Emmanuel
Sanchez, Daniel
Weichel, Daniel
Straus, Pat Curran,
Wilson
Reis and Georgi
Karakhanyan, to name a few.