Patricio Freire

Acting

Patricio Freire

Born 1987-07-07 · Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Professional mixed martial artist competing in the Bellator Featherweight division.

Acting credits

UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2 poster
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UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2 (branded as Crypto.com UFC 331 for sponsorship reasons) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that is scheduled to take place on September 19, 2026, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, United States.

UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2

2026

UFC 327: Procházka vs. Ulberg poster
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UFC 327: Procházka vs. Ulberg was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 11, 2026 at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, United States. A UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout for the vacant title between former champion Jiří Procházka (also the inaugural Rizin Light Heavyweight Champion) and Carlos Ulberg headlined the event.

UFC 327: Procházka vs. Ulberg

2026

Bellator 221: Chandler vs. Pitbull poster
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Bellator 221: Chandler vs. Pitbull took place on May 11, 2019 at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The event was aired exclusively on DAZN. The event featured a Bellator Lightweight Championship bout between the champion Michael Chandler and current Bellator Featherweight Champion Patrício Freire.

Bellator 221: Chandler vs. Pitbull

2019

Bellator Champions Series: Belfast poster
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Bellator Champions Series: Belfast was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA, that took place on March 22, 2024, at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A Bellator Light Heavyweight World Championship bout for the vacant title between The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn light heavyweight winner Corey Anderson and Karl Moore headlined the event.

Bellator Champions Series: Belfast

2024

Bellator 99 poster
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Bellator XCIX took place on September 13, 2013 at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV. Bellator 99 featured the Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal bouts.

Bellator 99

2013

UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes poster
8.9

UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 12, 2025, at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, United States. A UFC Featherweight Championship bout for the vacant title between former champion Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes headlined the event.

UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes

2025

Super RIZIN 2 poster
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On July 30th Super RIZIN 2 is live from Saitama Super Arena in Japan. The fight card has well over 8 matches, 3 of them are with titles on the line and will have Mikuru Asakura vs Vugar Karamov fighting for the RIZIN Featherweight Title as main event of the evening, finishing the entire lineup with a bang!

Super RIZIN 2

2023

Bellator 203: Pitbull vs. Weichel 2 poster
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Bellator 203: Pitbull vs. Weichel 2 took place on July 14, 2018 at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. The event aired via tape delay in prime time on Paramount Network. The main event featured a rematch between Featherweight champion Patricio Freire and challenger Daniel Weichel. The pair previously met at Bellator 138 in June 2015, where Freire won via knockout in the second round.

Bellator 203: Pitbull vs. Weichel 2

2018

RIZIN 40 poster
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RIZIN 40 was a mixed martial arts event that took place on Saturday, December 31, 2022 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

RIZIN 40

2022

Bellator 286: Pitbull vs. Borics poster
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Patrício Pitbull vs. Ádám Borics (Featherweight) A. J. McKee vs. Spike Carlyle (Lightweight) Aaron Pico vs. Jeremy Kennedy (Featherweight) Juan Archuleta vs. Enrique Barzola (Bantamweight)

Bellator 286: Pitbull vs. Borics

2022

Bellator 263: Pitbull vs. McKee poster
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Patrício Freire vs. A.J. McKee (Featherweight) Mads Burnell vs. Emmanuel Sanchez (Featherweight) Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Manny Muro (Lightweight) Brent Primus vs. Islam Mamedov (Lightweight) Goiti Yamauchi vs. Chris Gonzalez (Lightweight)

Bellator 263: Pitbull vs. McKee

2021

Bellator 160: Henderson vs. Pitbull poster
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Bellator 160: Henderson vs. Pitbull was held on August 26, 2016 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Bellator 160: Henderson vs. Pitbull

2016

Bellator 228: Pitbull vs. Archuleta poster
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Bellator 228: Pitbull vs. Archuleta is scheduled to take place on September 28, 2019 at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The event will take place on DAZN. The event will feature a Bellator Featherweight Championship bout between the champion Patricio Freire and Juan Archuleta, which a first round bout in the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix.

Bellator 228: Pitbull vs. Archuleta

2019

Bellator 255: Pitbull vs. Sanchez 2 poster
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Pitbull vs Sanchez

Bellator 255: Pitbull vs. Sanchez 2

2021

UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 poster
6.3

UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 19, 2025, at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Former UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway put his symbolic "BMF" title on the line against former interim UFC Lightweight Champion Dustin Poirier in a lightweight bout in the main event. This was their third meeting and Poirier's retirement fight.

UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3

2025

Bellator 138: Unfinished Business poster
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Bellator 138: Unfinished Business took place on June 19, 2015 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The event was headlined by a heavyweight bout between combat sports veterans Kimbo Slice and Ken Shamrock. Bellator 138 (Kimbo vs Shamrock) was the highest rated Bellator event ever. It did an average of 1.6 million viewers for the whole event and a peak of 2.4 million during the Kimbo vs Shamrock fight. And a DVR peak of 2.9 million. The previous high was Bellator 131 (Tito vs Bonnar) Which did 1.2 million average for the entire event and a peak of 2 million during the Tito vs Bonnar fight. And a DVR peak of 2.2 million

Bellator 138: Unfinished Business

2015

Bellator 123 poster
8.3

Bellator 123 was headlined by a Featherweight Championship rematch between Pat Curran and Patricio "Pitbull" Freire. The two originally met in a closely contested fight at Bellator 85 on January 17, 2013, with Curran winning the bout via split decision. The rematch was initially scheduled to take place at Bellator 121, however, it was announced on May 21, 2014 that Curran had pulled out of the bout due to a calf injury.

Bellator 123

2014

Bellator 209: Pitbull vs. Sanchez poster
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Bellator 209: Pitbull vs. Sanchez took place on November 16, 2018 at the Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv, Israel. The event aired live on Paramount Network.

Bellator 209: Pitbull vs. Sanchez

2018

Bellator 297: Nemkov vs. Romero poster
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Bellator 297: Nemkov vs. Romero was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on June 16, 2023, at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois, United States. A Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion Vadim Nemkov and Yoel Romero headlined the event. The co-main event, a Bellator Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Sergio Pettis and the current Bellator Featherweight Champion Patrício Pitbull (also former Bellator Lightweight Champion) took place.

Bellator 297: Nemkov vs. Romero

2023

Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN poster
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Bellator vs. RIZIN was a mixed martial arts event that took place on Saturday, December 31, 2022 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN

2022

Bellator MMA x RIZIN 2 poster
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Bellator MMA x Rizin 2 and Super Rizin 2 was a mixed martial arts event being co-promoted by Bellator MMA and the Rizin Fighting Federation that took place on July 30, 2023, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. A Bellator Lightweight World Grand Prix quarterfinal bout between former Bellator Featherweight Champion A. J. McKee and former Bellator Lightweight Champion Patricky Pitbull was scheduled to headline the event. However, on July 26, it was announced McKee had pulled out of the bout due to medical issues and was replaced by current Rizin Lightweight Champion Roberto de Souza at a catchweight of 161 pounds.[

Bellator MMA x RIZIN 2

2023

Bellator 277: McKee vs. Pitbull 2 poster
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Mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that will take place on April 15, 2022, at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, United States. A. J. McKee vs. Patrício Pitbull (Featherweight) Vadim Nemkov vs. Corey Anderson (Light Heavyweight) Aaron Pico vs. Adli Edwards (Catchweight 150 lb) Timothy Johnson vs. Linton Vassell (Heavyweight)

Bellator 277: McKee vs. Pitbull 2

2022

Bellator 178: Straus vs. Pitbull 4 poster
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Bellator 178: Straus vs. Pitbull 4 took place on April 21, 2017 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut . The event aired live on Spike TV. Bellator returned to Mohegan Sun with a Featherweight world title fight pitting Daniel Straus against Patricio "Pitbull" Freire as the main event of Bellator 178. Straus and Freire have fought three times before; Freire won one by submission and once by decision, while Straus most recently won by decision. A middleweight bout between Ed Ruth and Aaron Goodwine was originally scheduled for this card, but failed to materialize. Ruth instead faced David Mundell.

Bellator 178: Straus vs. Pitbull 4

2017

Bellator 103 poster
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Bellator CIII is expected to take place on October 11, 2013 at Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas. The event is set to air live in prime time on Spike TV. Bellator 103 will feature the Featherweight Tournament Semifinal bouts. Featured in the fights will be David Rickels and ISKA World Kickboxing Champion Marcio Navarro and his protégé Jeimeson Saudino all fighting out of Wichita, Kansas

Bellator 103

2013