{"id":303,"date":"2022-10-02T03:50:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T02:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=303"},"modified":"2022-10-02T08:00:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T07:00:46","slug":"pitbull-dominates-borics-to-retain-bellator-featherweight-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/pitbull-dominates-borics-to-retain-bellator-featherweight-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitbull dominates Borics to retain Bellator featherweight title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Patricio &#8220;Pitbull&#8221; Freire put on a show Saturday in the main event of Bellator 286, defeating Adam Borics via unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 50-45) to retain his featherweight title.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Flying knees don&#39;t fly with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatricioPitbull?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PatricioPitbull<\/a> \ud83d\ude24<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BellatorMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BellatorMMA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bellator286?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bellator286<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GAQ1QoGFpk\">pic.twitter.com\/GAQ1QoGFpk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SHOWTIME SPORTS (@SHOsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHOsports\/status\/1576431817305260032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fans in Long Beach, California watched Freire dominate from start to finish. He particularly did a solid job at defending Borics&#8217; attacks and managed to find success taking the fight to the mat in the first three rounds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatricioPitbull?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PatricioPitbull<\/a> counters the flying knee. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bellator286?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bellator286<\/a> is LIVE on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHOsports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SHOsports<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XBf3wZFPTI\">pic.twitter.com\/XBf3wZFPTI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BellatorMMA (@BellatorMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BellatorMMA\/status\/1576423711770648576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 35-year-old Freire, who&#8217;s widely considered an all-time Bellator great, now has the most victories (22) and title-fight wins (12) in company history, according to USA Today&#8217;s Mike Bohn.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304\" style=\"width: 780px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-304 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/w1080xh810_GettyImages-1243659509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/w1080xh810_GettyImages-1243659509.jpg 780w, https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/w1080xh810_GettyImages-1243659509-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/w1080xh810_GettyImages-1243659509-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/w1080xh810_GettyImages-1243659509-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/w1080xh810_GettyImages-1243659509-696x522.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MediaNews Group\/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images \/ MediaNews Group \/ Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s unclear what&#8217;s next for Freire, who&#8217;s shown interest in fighting at 135. Former Bellator featherweight champion AJ McKee said Saturday he&#8217;s waiting for Freire to decide on a potential trilogy bout.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AND STILL \ud83c\udfc6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatricioPitbull?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PatricioPitbull<\/a> remains the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BellatorMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BellatorMMA<\/a> Featherweight World Champion \ud83d\udc4f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bellator286?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bellator286<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nGN0W8Zuuj\">pic.twitter.com\/nGN0W8Zuuj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SHOWTIME SPORTS (@SHOsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHOsports\/status\/1576433656067166208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;You can&#8217;t end the game at 1-1,&#8221; said McKee, who defeated Spike Carlyle in his lightweight debut Saturday, according to ESPN&#8217;s Marc Raimondi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pitbull&#39;s defense on \ud83d\udcaf <\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BellatorMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BellatorMMA<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u5aQioAzQg\">pic.twitter.com\/u5aQioAzQg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN MMA (@espnmma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espnmma\/status\/1576438870668976128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patricio &#8220;Pitbull&#8221; Freire put on a show Saturday in the main event of Bellator 286, defeating Adam Borics via unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 50-45) to retain his featherweight title. 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