Michael Chandler and Patricio Freire each seemed to be interested in fighting the other at Bellator 197 next month. That fight, though, is not going to happen.
Instead, Chandler will face Brandon Girtz on April 13 in St. Charles, Mo. How the proposed bout went up in smoke differs depending on who you ask.
Chandler told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour that “Pitbull” just doesn’t want to fight him. Freire said that Bellator altered the bout agreement without telling him and he refused the terms.