Freire Tangles with Thomson in Bellator 172 Co-main Event
The co-main event for February 18th’s Bellator 172 was announced during Bellator 171 and is a Lightweight battle pitting Patricky “Pitbull” Freire against Josh “The Punk” Thomson.
Patricky “Pitbull” Freire will be looking to rebound from failing to dethrone Michael Chandler of the Lightweight at Bellator 157, losing by 1st round knock out. A title opportunity that was earned following a Knock out of Ryan Couture and a unanimous decision win over Kevin Souza. Freire has 10 of his 11 stoppage victories by knock out.
Following 3 straight losses in the UFC, Thomson signed as a free agent with Bellator. Thomson is 2-0 in Bellator, debuting with a submission of Mike Bronzoulis, and then TKO-ing Pablo Villaseca. Neither fighter has fought for Bellator again. Thomson was inactive in 2016. The former Strikeforce champion has 10 of 16 finishes by submission.
Bellator 172 is Saturday February 18th at the SAP Center in San Jose. California.
Updated “Bellator 172: Fedor vs. Mitrione” Main Card:
Heavyweight Main Event: Fedor Emelianenko (36-4, 1 NC) vs. Matt Mitrione (11-5)
Lightweight Co-Main Event: Josh Thomson (20-8-0, 1nc) vs. Patricky Frieir (16-8)
Heavyweight Feature Bout: Cheick Kongo (25-10-2) vs. Oli Thompson (17-9)
Lightweight Feature Bout: Adam Piccolotti (9-0) vs. Brent Primus (7-0)
Preliminary Bouts:
Welterweight Prelim Bout: James Terry (18-9) vs. David Douglas (9-6)
Lightweight Prelim Bout: Nikko Jackson (1-1) vs. Cesar Gonzalez (0-1)
Featherweight Prelim Bout: Juan Cardenas (1-0) vs. Luis Vargas (0-1)
Welterweight Prelim Bout: Danasabe Mohammed (5-1) vs. Carlos Rocha (9-4)
Flyweight Prelim Bout: Anthony Do (4-1) vs. Bobby Escalante (4-5)
Flyweight Prelim Bout: Matt Ramirez (1-2) vs. Jeremy Murphy (3-3)
Lightweight Prelim Bout: J.J. Okanovich (3-1) vs. Paradise Vaovasa (5-1)
Featherweight Prelim Bout: Justin Tenedora (Debut) vs. Roque Reyes (0-3)
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