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Patricky Freire credits karate coach for evolution, welcomes rematch with Michael Chandler

Patricky Freire stopped Josh Thomson at Bellator 172, earning his seventh knockout victory under the promotion’s banner on Feb. 18 in San Jose, Calif., and that’s exactly what he expected.

"It was a cool fight,” Freire told MMA Fighting after returning to Brazil. "I left the cage with no injuries. I was barely hit in the fight. I prepared for a war and didn’t even have to use some of the things we prepared. The fight ended in the second round with a knockout, as I predicted."

However, the end of the fight was a bit controversial, as Thomson and “Pitbull" clashed heads seconds before the finish, but the Brazilian doesn’t think it played a big factor in the knockout.