{"id":128728,"date":"2015-02-08T07:25:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T15:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=128728"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:51:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:51:09","slug":"patricio-freire-calls-critics-talk-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-freire-calls-critics-talk-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Patricio Freire Calls Out Critics: &#8220;Talk Is Easy&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-08-at-9.24.18-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-08-at-9.24.18-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-08 at 9.24.18 AM\" width=\"484\" height=\"252\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-08-at-9.24.18-AM.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-08-at-9.24.18-AM-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-08-at-9.24.18-AM-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-08-at-9.24.18-AM-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recently Bellator MMA featherweight champion Patricio Freire defended his title against former champion Daniel Straus.<\/p>\n<p>The bout went to the 4th round, ending with a submission win for Freire, but not before several low-blows, eye pokes, and headbutts from both fighters, which many fans were not pleased with.<\/p>\n<p>Freire spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/02\/bellator-mma-champ-patricio-pitbull-freire-done-with-critics-talk-is-easy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a> to discuss his win, as well as why he believes people saw the bout so negatively.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was expecting positive comments.  On my Instagram and Twitter accounts, most people were congratulating me, thanking for the war I made. Even with the guy hitting me with illegal attacks, I was able to do it. That\u2019s the reaction I expected everybody to have because anyone who watches the fight knows it. But some people are very critical, and they don\u2019t see things from the positive side. In fact, there are a lot of snakes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re the champion, everyone wants to see you lose; that\u2019s the truth. I get sad with it, but f-ck it. Anyone who is fighting on the level I am isn\u2019t going to be an easy fight. It\u2019s not easy do what we do. Talk is easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have any excuses for anyone.  I was able keep the belt with me, even with so much adversity. Some things aren\u2019t so easy; people who are outside can\u2019t see or know what exactly is happening in the ring, and they can judge the way they want to. But I got eye-poked, head-butted and also I was hit with several low blows. The knee I landed was clean, but unfortunately my foot grazed him. It just grazed him \u2013 it wasn\u2019t a kick to the balls. He used that to rest, but the knee was to his body, and he felt it. Then I had to go on and finish the fight again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was a fight of the highest level, not only high level. I fought a deserving contender, and it was great to my career, to my experience. To be knocked down, fall on the mat, have an eye closed one more time in a fight, open and start bleeding, come back from adversity and get out on top? I analyzed the fight, and I really liked it. I thought I was faster than I was. I was feinting more, and I was hit, but not every fighter that can do that to me. To me, I think I was great, and it was a great fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently Bellator MMA featherweight champion Patricio Freire defended his title against former champion Daniel Straus. The bout went to the 4th round, ending with a submission win for Freire, but not before several low-blows, eye pokes, and headbutts from both fighters, which many fans were not pleased with. 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