Pedro Carvalho will challenge Patricio Freire for the undisputed Bellator featherweight championship on Thursday night at Bellator 252 in Uncasville, Conn., and he wouldn’t get there if it wasn’t for UFC Unleashed.
Born in Guimaraes, Portugal in 1995, a 12-year-old Carvalho was sitting on a couch and watching television with his mother when an ad aired and immediately caught their attention. They were advertising another episode of UFC’s TV show, airing Georges St-Pierre’s submission win over Frank Trigg and the Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar classic.