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Bellator double champ Patricio Freire welcomes UFC super-fights: ‘I’m better than all of them’

The new double champion on the block, Patricio Freire, envisions many future endeavors after knocking out Michael Chandler at Bellator 221, in Rosemont, Illinois.

After a long and anticipated match, ‘Pitbull’ revealed to Bloody Elbow he was eager to finally have a crack at Chandler and could not be happier with result, a quick knockout win in the opening minute of the fight. So much so that Freire considered winning the lightweight belt as a mere consequence of focusing on defeating his opponent.

“There was no outcome better than that one. It was a strike that I saw in my mind and I knew that would work.