Esther Lin, MMA Fighting
Patricio Freire picked up an unanimous decision over Juan Archuleta at Bellator 228 and retained the featherweight title. On Twitter, pro fighters and journalists reacted to the bout. In a dominant performance, Pa…
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting
Patricio Freire picked up an unanimous decision over Juan Archuleta at Bellator 228 and retained the featherweight title. On Twitter, pro fighters and journalists reacted to the bout.
In a dominant performance, Patricio Freire defended the featherweight title in a bloody, twenty-five minute fight against challenger Juan Archuleta at Bellator 228. After five hard-fought rounds, ‘Pitbull’ kept his belt in Inglewood, California, and professional fighters and journalists reacted to the fight on Twitter.
2-0 Pitbull…Archuleta needs to pick up the pace. He will. Great movement and I know he has that great @treigning_lab conditioning. #Bellator228
— Michael Chandler (@MikeChandlerMMA) September 29, 2019
Juan is wild and not technical at all
— Mike “Biggie” Rhodes (@TeamRocBiggie) September 29, 2019
This just in: Patricio Pitbull is really good at fighting. #Bellator228
— Marc Raimondi (@marc_raimondi) September 29, 2019
Archuleta dances, dances, shifts to enter, gets countered cleanly, repeat… #bellator228
— Zachary Makovsky (@ZachFunSize) September 29, 2019
What’s the story with the 4th round?? I think we lost 2 minutes #Bellator
— Mike Brown (@mikebrownmma) September 29, 2019
Looks like Pitbull will retain.
I’m looking forward to seeing how this selection show shakes out. So many fun possibilities.
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) September 29, 2019
Kudos to Pitbull….the guy brought it.
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I guess I’ll see you late 2020. #Bellator228— Michael Chandler (@MikeChandlerMMA) September 29, 2019
Won’t be for a while…he runs through this GP. RT @EchoHotel1009: Archuleta and Pitbull are on diff levels. He had no idea how to attack Pitbull. I wanna see the rematch with @MikeChandlerMMA
— Michael Chandler (@MikeChandlerMMA) September 29, 2019
.@PatricioPitbull adds to his record for most wins in @BellatorMMA history with 18. #Bellator228
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohnMMA) September 29, 2019