The former Bellator champion Michael Chandler entered this fight with a pro mma record of 14-3-0 (86% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.17 lightweight in the world. He lost three consecutive bouts between 2013 and 2014, the last two against Will Brooks (=Chandler vs Brooks I and Brooks vs Chandler II), but then he has won two bouts beating David Rickels in his last one (=Chandler vs Rickels 2).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Patricky Freire, has a record of 16-7-0 (69% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.28 in the same weight class. ‘Pitbull’ lost to Derek Anderson in 2015 (=Freire vs Anderson 2) but he came back to win in 2016 defeating Ryan Couture (=Freire vs Couture) and Edimilson Souza (=Freire vs Souza). In their first fight Chandler had beat Freire by unanimous decision (May 14, 2011 – Chandler vs Freire I); this second bout is valid for the Bellator lightweight title and is on the undercard of Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Satoshi Ishii – Bellator 157. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: Bellator 157: Dynamite 2
Date: 2016-06-24
Where: Scottrade Center, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Division: lightweight (155 lbs, 70 kg)
Title: Bellator Lightweight Championship title
Bellator 157 fight card (main fights):
Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Satoshi Ishii
Michael Chandler vs Patricky Freire 2
Matt Mitrione vs Carl Seumanutafa
Joe Schilling vs Hisaki Kato 2 (kickboxing)
Raymond Daniels vs Stefano Bruno (kickboxing)
Chandler’s previous fight: Michael Chandler vs David Rickels 2
Freire’s previous fight: Patricky Freire vs Edimilson Souza
Chandler’s next fight: Michael Chandler vs Benson Henderson
Freire’s next fight: Josh Thomson vs Patricky Freire
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