Looking back on his loss this past February to Patricio “Pitbull” Freire for the Bellator featherweight championship, former titleholder Daniel Straus knows he had the bout in hand, but made a mistake that ended up costing him the fight.
“What I don’t think well for me was getting choked out,” joked Straus. “I don’t think that worked in my favor at all. (In all seriousness) I think I did everything well, but had a mental error at the end of the fight. Other than that, I was beating (Freire). I lost a point, but was still beating this guy.