{"id":174581,"date":"2015-11-04T12:41:20","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T20:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=174581"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:34:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:34:03","slug":"patricio-freire-fires-back-at-will-brooks-he-hit-patricky-first-and-came-at-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-freire-fires-back-at-will-brooks-he-hit-patricky-first-and-came-at-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Patricio Freire fires back at Will Brooks: \u2018He hit Patricky first and came at me\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In response to Bellator lightweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/bellator-champ-will-brooks-claims-pitbull-brothers-jumped-him-while-on-the-phone-with-his-mother\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Will Brooks\u2019 claim of the Pitbull brothers attacking him<\/a>, Patricio Freire tweeted\u00a0that Brooks is a liar. The featherweight champion of Bellator who also fights on Friday at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/bellator-145-vengeance-headlined-by-two-title-fights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bellator 145<\/a> even posted a previous tweet from Brooks in August that foreshadowed an incident brewing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will Brooks is a liar. He hit Patricky first and came at me, I went after him too and my first punch landed. We were separated.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Patricio Freire (@PatricioPitbull) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatricioPitbull\/status\/661977341271371778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Then he came again, I knocked him down. He tried to take me down, we were separated again and he started calling us cowards.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Patricio Freire (@PatricioPitbull) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatricioPitbull\/status\/661977443494985728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He was a man of his word and faced the consequences. Now act like a man and tell the truth. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/duGEbX9jRK\">pic.twitter.com\/duGEbX9jRK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Patricio Freire (@PatricioPitbull) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatricioPitbull\/status\/661977749033193473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Whoa! Talk about action outside of the ring! Will Brooks <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/bellator-champ-will-brooks-claims-pitbull-brothers-jumped-him-while-on-the-phone-with-his-mother\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claims he has video<\/a> of the incident that could put a rest to who started the scuffle. At the time of this writing, it remains unpublished.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think lightweight champion Will Brooks started the physical altercation first, or do you think the Pitbull brothers pushed the first button? Sound off in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to Bellator lightweight champion Will Brooks\u2019 claim of the Pitbull brothers attacking him, Patricio Freire tweeted\u00a0that Brooks is a liar. The featherweight champion of Bellator who also fights on Friday at Bellator 145 even posted a previous tweet from Brooks in August that foreshadowed an incident brewing. Will Brooks is a liar. 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