The makeshift Bellator 172 main event in February saw lightweight contender Patricky Freire become only the second man to finish Josh Thomson. “Pitbull” drilled the former Strikeforce champion with a fight-ending uppercut before slamming home two hammerfists for the second-round KO victory.
That result has been challenged by Thomson, who filed an appeal with the California State Athletic Commission just one week after the fight. Thomson cited a clash of heads in the knockdown preceding the actual KO. The CSAC has Thomson’s appeal on its agenda for the next commission meeting, which is on Tuesday, May 16th.