Only three men have solved the Patricio Freire puzzle: Daniel Straus, Pat Curran and Joe Warren, all of them current or former Bellator MMA champions. The Brazilian has no intention of allowing Benson Henderson to join their ranks.
Freire will meet Henderson in a lightweight title eliminator atop Bellator 160 on Friday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, where he expects to experience the same success he has enjoyed throughout his career. In Henderson, a former Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting titleholder, “Pitbull” faces his most accomplished opponent to date.