Patricio Freire is focused on regaining the Bellator featherweight championship, but he already has another champion in mind as well.
“Pitbull" will face Daniel Straus for the fourth time in the main event of Bellator 178 on Friday. He’s looking to go 3-1 against the current 145-pound titleholder, then after that, he wants to move up to lightweight to take on champion Michael Chandler.
"I don’t want Michael Chandler’s belt. I want his head,” Freire told MMA Fighting. "I don’t want that piece of metal, I want to rip his head off.