Patricio Freire is not impressed with the recent criticism he’s received from arch-rival AJ McKee. Although the pair are tied 1-1, with a trilogy seeming likely, McKee is moving up to lightweight instead of attempting to recapture the Bellator featherweight title. Although Mckee claimed that Freire is ducking him, “Pitbull” has other ideas.
“Bellator never offered me the A.J. fight. I wanted it. They said no. They said he doesn’t deserve a rematch, and people want to see a different fight, so he can take his issues with them or shove it up his ass. I’m tired of him putting up fake bravados. He was doing the same before he finally signed the deal for the second fight.
Freire Blames “Hair Gel” For Inability to Finish McKee
Adam Borics is a deserving contender, and he’s the one Bellator wants me to fight. Would I rather beat up A.J.? Sure, he’s still talking, so he needs a spanking. But I don’t make the call.
A.J. tried to sit on the belt last time to fight anyone but me, and he ended up having to fight me again anyway. So he knows exactly how this works. Lastly, he’s talking sh*t about doing things at lightweight, no disrespect to his opponent, who’s a tough one, but he was offered Alexander Shabliy, who is ranked [No. 6] and should actually be much higher, and he said no.”
Another point of difference for the fighters comes down to the referees’ choices in their two meetings. Freire thinks the submission stoppage in their first fight came too early. McKee thinks he won the decision in their second fight, despite the judges giving the fight to Freire. Freire claims that the only reason he couldn’t submit AJ McKee was McKee’s hair gel lubricating him enough to get him out of the guillotine.
“I just beat him up in five rounds, and he only didn’t get finished because of his hair gel slipping him out of my guillotine.
Thirteen of 16 media members and the three judges scored it for me. He can cry as much as he wants, but he’ll never have that zero back [on his record]. Everything about him is fake, just like his win against me. He should thank [Mike] Beltran the rest of his life for that.”
Will we ever see this trilogy resolved, or is the bad blood between McKee and Freire going to simmer away forever? Let us know what you think in the comments.
