Former Bellator champion Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire joins the UFC and will debut against Yair Rodriguez at UFC 314. Freire, who has held titles in multiple weight classes, aims to make a ...

On Wednesday night, the UFC announced that the 37-year-old had ... He made his promotional debut on the Bellator 15 card in April 2010. Freire first fought for the Bellator featherweight belt ...

Former two-division Bellator champion Patricio Pitbull’s UFC debut was hard to pin down allegedly due to a former champ’s reluctance to fight. During a recent interview with MMA Fighting ...

The former two-division Bellator champion, often considered the promotion's greatest export, makes his UFC debut against former interim featherweight champ Yair Rodriguez. Geoff Neal vs.

Meanwhile, former Bellator featherweight champ Patricio Freire will make his promotional debut against Yair Rodriguez in another featured clash. UFC CEO Dana White announced the pairings on ...

Former Bellator middleweight title challenger Austin Vanderford has signed with the UFC and is set for a short-notice debut this weekend at UFC Seattle. Austin Vanderford gestures to the camera ...

Thirteen years after his competitive MMA journey began, Vanderford (12-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will debut Saturday at UFC Fight Night 252 in Seattle in a 175-pound catchweight bout vs. Nikolay Veretennikov.

In fact, not only has Patricio ‘Pitbull’ been officially signed to the roster, but his debut fight will come against Mexican knockout artist Yair Rodriguez on the main card of UFC 314 in April.

Now, after a year away from the cage, Rodriguez is ready to return, and will look to welcome Pitbull to the Octagon by handing him a defeat on his UFC debut. But Pitbull plans to make a statement ...