Former Bellator MMA featherweight kingpin Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire has moved up to the lightweight division to challenge former UFC lightweight champion and former Bellator MMA welterweight title challenger Benson Henderson at Bellator 160.
Bellator officials confirmed the news with latimes.com.
Freire (25-3) rebounded from his title loss to Straus in November of 2015 with a second-round submission win over Henry Corrales at Bellator 153 on April 22. ‘Pitbull‘ is one of Bellator MMA’s mainstay fighters, with 16 of his 28 professional fights taking place in the promotion since debuting at Bellator 15 in April of 2010, exactly 5 years to the day that he picked up his most recent victory.