{"id":143032,"date":"2015-05-10T16:36:59","date_gmt":"2015-05-10T23:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=143032"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:28:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:28:26","slug":"shut-down-bellator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/shut-down-bellator\/","title":{"rendered":"SHUT DOWN! 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Apparently Bellator saw his request, but ultimately said no thanks.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what Freire said to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2015\/5\/10\/8575991\/patricky-freire-calls-out-melvin-guillard-but-says-bellator-isn-t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a> about the situation.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I tweeted that I wanted to welcome him to Bellator, but my manager Jorge Guimaraes got a text from someone at Bellator saying that they wouldn\u2019t book this fight now.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;They said that they want to build him back up, since he\u2019s coming off a loss. They didn\u2019t say exactly that, but that\u2019s what they meant. They want to bring him back up, and that this fight could happen in the future. They won\u2019t give me this fight now.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bummer. Who else would you like to see Guillard face in his Bellator debut?<\/p>\n<p>By: <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/ryan-miller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan C. Miller<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryancmiller1630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ryancmiller1630<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>THIS IS NOT A DRILL! 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