Patricky Freire and Peter Queally will finally collide inside the Bellator cage on May 7, multiple people with knowledge of the news told MMA Fighting. Bellator 258 will take place at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., and air live on Showtime.
Freire (23-9) and Queally (12-5-1) were first scheduled to fight in October 2020 in Dublin, Ireland, but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Pitbull” will be making his return to the Bellator cage after a short run under the RIZIN banner in 2019, when he represented the U.