Patricky Freire is heartbroken. Health-wise, however, “Pitbull” is feeling “a bit better” after the cancellation of his Bellator 249 co-main event bout due to labyrinthitis on Thursday night.
The 34-year-old lightweight, as well as his brother Patricio Freire and both of their parents, have dealt with the disease in the past, an infection that causes inflammation of the inner ear or the nerves that connect the inner ear to the brain, affecting hearing and balance.
Freire isn’t sure what triggers the crisis in his case, but he was already dealing with it since before traveling to the United States to face former LFA titleholder Jaleel Willis in Uncasville, Conn.