CHICAGO – For the first time this fight week, heated rivals Michael Chandler and Patricio Freire got face to face Thursday. Lightweight champion Chandler (19-4 MMA, 16-4 BMMA) and featherweight champ Freire (28-4 MMA, 16-4 BMMA) meet in the Bellator 221 main event Saturday with Chandler’s 155-pound title on the line. A win for Freire would make him Bellator’s second concurrent two-division titleholder. Chandler has two wins over Freire’s brother Patricky, and there has been bad blood between him and the brothers for years
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