Patrício Freire (born July 7, 1987, in

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, Brazil), known professionally by his

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Patrício Pitbull, is a Brazilian

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currently competing in

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where he is the current three-time Bellator Featherweight Champion and former Bellator Lightweight Champion. He is the younger brother of lightweight fighter

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. He is the second-ever simultaneous two-weight champion in Bellator MMA history. As of April 19, 2022, he is No. 1 in the Bellator men's pound-for-pound rankings. He is currently ranked as the No. 4 featherweight in the world by

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, having been ranked as high as No. 3 in October 2020. Combat Press ranks him as the No. 5 featherweight, No. 5 lightweight and No. 9 pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

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ranks him as the No. 6 lightweight and No. 7 featherweight fighter in the world. He is also ranked as the No. 1 featherweight fighter outside of the UFC by Ranking MMA.

Background

Freire was born and grew up in the outskirts of

, Brazil. Freire began training

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at the age of ten to help fend off the stigma of his size. As a teenager, he trained at the famed Chute Boxe academy alongside notable MMA stars such as

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and

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Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Freire made his professional MMA debut in March 2004 at the age of 16. For the first five and a half years of his career, he competed in his native Brazil and amassed an undefeated record of 12–0 with all but two wins coming by way of stoppage. Prior to signing with Bellator, Freire was ranked as one of the top prospects outside of the North American fight scene.

Bellator MMA

Debut and Featherweight tournament

After stringing together an impressive undefeated record on the local

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ian circuit, he was initially tabbed to make his American debut against Will Romero at

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on April 15, 2010, in the Bellator Featherweight Tournament. . However, the bout was postponed to take place a week later at

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on April 22, 2010. He won the quarterfinal bout via first-round submission. At Bellator 18 on May 13, 2010, he won his semifinal bout against fellow Brazilian and former

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Featherweight Champion,

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via unanimous decision. Freire faced Joe Warren on June 24, 2010, at

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in the Tournament Final. Despite nearly finishing the fight in the waning moments of the first round, Freire lost the fight by split decision.

Bellator Season Four

In Bellator Season Four, Freire earned back-to-back third-round KOs against

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and

(a rematch of their bout the previous year) to advance to the finals of the Featherweight Tournament. Freire met

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in the Bellator Season Four Featherweight Tournament Final at

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. He won the fight via unanimous decision and earned a title shot rematch against Joe Warren.

First title shot

The title shot was scheduled to take place at Bellator 47 on July 23, 2011, but a broken hand suffered in training had halted Freire's rematch with Joe Warren for the Bellator Featherweight Championship. After a near year and a half lay-off, Freire returned to action at

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on January 17, 2013, to face Pat Curran who had defeated Joe Warren to win the Bellator Featherweight Championship at

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. After a back and forth fight, Freire ended up losing a very close split decision.

Bouncing back to Bellator Season Nine

Freire was set to face

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on July 31, 2013, but Emerson was forced out of the bout due to injury and was replaced by

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. Freire won via KO at fifty-four seconds into the second round. Freire faced former

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featherweight contender Diego Nunes at

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on September 13, 2013, in the Quarterfinals of Bellator's Season Nine Featherweight Tournament. He won the fight via knockout in the first round. Freire faced Fabricio Guerreiro in the semifinals at

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on October 11, 2013, and won via unanimous decision. Freire faced Justin Wilcox in the tournament final at

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November 15, 2013. He won the fight via TKO in the first round.

First reign as Bellator Featherweight World Champion

After being skipped over for his title shot, Freire was expected to finally challenge for the Bellator Featherweight World Championship in the long-awaited rematch with Pat Curran on June 6, 2014, at Bellator 121. However, on May 21, it was announced that Curran had pulled out of the bout due to a calf injury. The rematch eventually took place at

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on September 5, 2014. Freire defeated Curran by unanimous decision to become the new Bellator Featherweight Champion. Freire made his first title defense at Bellator 132 on January 16, 2015 against

in a rematch of their bout in May 2011, which saw Freire walk away with a decision victory. Freire won the back-and-forth fight in the fourth round via a rear-naked choke submission. Freire was expected to defend his featherweight title against former WSOF Featherweight Champion

in a rematch at

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on June 19, 2015. However, after a torn ACL suffered by Karakhanyan, Freire will instead face Bellator Season Ten Featherweight tournament winner

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at the event. Despite being knocked down in the last seconds of the first round, Freire rallied to knock out Weichel with a perfect counter left hook early in the second round.

Losing the Championship and return to contender status

Freire had a third fight with Straus on November 6, 2015, at Bellator 145. He lost the fight via unanimous decision, dropping the Bellator Featherweight Championship after two successful defenses. After his brother's knockout loss to

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, Freire moved up to the lightweight division to earn a title shot in order to face Chandler. He faced

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in the main event at Bellator 160 on August 26, 2016. The bout ended in anticlimactic fashion as Freire stopped himself early in round two to declare he had sustained a leg injury. As a result, Henderson was awarded a TKO victory due to injury. It was revealed post-fight that Freire had broken his shin in the first round after Henderson checked a low kick with his knee.

Regaining the Bellator Featherweight World Championship

Freire faced Daniel Straus in a fourth fight for the Bellator featherweight championship at Bellator 178 on April 21, 2017. After a back and forth first round, Freire won the bout via guillotine choke early in the second round to become the two-time Bellator Featherweight World Champion. Freire was later fined $2,500 for jumping onto the cage, following his submission victory. Freire was scheduled to make his first title defense against

, in a rematch, at Bellator 188 on November 16, 2017. Freire pulled out of the fight, however, due to multiple injuries. He expressed interest in a rematch with Weichel in early 2018. For his first title defense of his second reign, Freire faced

at Bellator 203 on July 14, 2018. He won the fight by split decision. In his second title defense, Freire faced

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at Bellator 209 on November 15, 2018. He won the fight by unanimous decision.

Double Champion

On February 20, 2019, Bellator announced that Freire had signed a multi-year, multi-fight contract extension with the organization. In the first fight of his new deal, Freire faced

for the

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at Bellator 221 on May 11, 2019. He won the fight via TKO in the first round to become the second Bellator fighter after

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to hold two titles at the same time.

2021 Bellator Featherweight Grand Prix

As a first-round bout of the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix tournament, Freire defended his Featherweight Championship against Juan Archuleta at Bellator 228 on September 28, 2019. He won the fight by unanimous decision. In the quarterfinals, Freire was expected to defend his Featherweight Championship against Pedro Carvalho at Bellator 241 on March 13, 2020. However, the whole event was eventually cancelled due to the prevailing

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. The bout was rebooked and took place at Bellator 252 on November 12. Freire won the fight via knockout in the first round. In the semifinals, Freire defended his title against

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on April 2. This was a rematch of their November 2018 bout which saw Freire win by unanimous decision. After dropping Sanchez with a flurry of punches, Freire won the bout after choking Sanchez unconscious via guillotine choke. In the final, Freire attempted to defended his title at

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on July 31, 2021, against undefeated A. J. McKee for the Grand Prix Title and $1 million prize. Freire was knocked down early in the fight, and lost via guillotine choke submission in round one. On October 6, 2021, Freire announced that he vacated the Bellator Lightweight championship, not wanting to get in the way of his brother Patricky's title aspirations.

Third Bellator Featherweight Championship reign

In the first bout after losing the Featherweight title and vacating the Lightweight one, Freire rematched A. J. McKee for the Bellator Featherweight Championship on April 15, 2022, at

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. He won the bout and the title via unanimous decision. Freire defended his title against

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on October 1, 2022 at

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. He won the bout in convincing fashion via unanimous decision. Freire is next expected to face reigning Rizin FF Featherweight Champion

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in a non-title bout at

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on December 31, 2022.

Personal life

Patrício has a wife named Teresa. They have two sons, Davi (born 2015) and Miguel (born 2020).

Championships and accomplishments

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(one time; former) ** Bellator Featherweight World Championship (three times; current) ***Eight successful title defenses (Overall) ***Two successful title defenses (first reign) ***Five successful title defenses (second reign) ***One successful title defense (third reign) **Second simultaneous two-weight Champion in Bellator MMA history **First fighter in Bellator history to have four separate championship reigns **Most wins in Bellator history (22) **Most wins in Bellator Featherweight division history (21) **Most wins in Bellator title fights (12) **Most title fights in Bellator history (15) **Most fights in Bellator history (27) **Tied (with

) for most finishes in Bellator history (13) **Second most finishes in Bellator Featherweight division history (12) **Most knockouts in Bellator Featherweight division history (seven) **Second most submission victories in Bellator Featherweight division (five) ** Bellator Season Nine Featherweight Tournament Winner ** Bellator Season Four Featherweight Tournament Winner ** Bellator Season Two Featherweight Tournament Runner-up *

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**November 2015 Fight of the Month vs. Daniel Straus on November 6

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Freire, Patricio 1987 births Living people Brazilian male mixed martial artists Featherweight mixed martial artists Lightweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Bellator male fighters Bellator MMA champions Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu People from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Norte

Background

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Bellator MMA

Debut and Featherweight tournament

Bellator Season Four

First title shot

Bouncing back to Bellator Season Nine

First reign as Bellator Featherweight World Champion

Losing the Championship and return to contender status

Regaining the Bellator Featherweight World Championship

Double Champion

2021 Bellator Featherweight Grand Prix

Third Bellator Featherweight Championship reign

Personal life

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts record

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