A second consecutive Bellator MMA card has lost its main event in the run-up to the show.
Bellator featherweight champ Patricio “Pitbull” Freire has withdrawn from his Thursday title rematch with Daniel Weichel at Bellator 188 due to injury. Israel-based MMA journalist Ram Gilboa first reported the withdrawal Sunday on Twitter.
Bellator 188 takes place this Thursday at the Menora Mivtachim Arena Arena in Tel Aviv and airs on Spike via tape delay on Friday.
A constellation of training injuries, a knee injury chief among them, forced the Brazilian to pull out of the contest.