{"id":249980,"date":"2017-09-24T06:02:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T13:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=249980"},"modified":"2017-09-24T06:03:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T13:03:31","slug":"mma-community-to-patricky-freire-controversial-decision-defeat-of-benson-henderson-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/benson-henderson\/mma-community-to-patricky-freire-controversial-decision-defeat-of-benson-henderson-1\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA community reacts to Patricky Freire’s controversial decision defeat of Benson Henderson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night, Bellator MMA returned to San Jose, California with the stacked Bellator 183<\/a>. In the card’s main event, we watched former UFC and WEC lightweight champion Benson Henderson collide with long-time Bellator lightweight contender Patricky “Pitbull” Freire.<\/p>\n

As is so often the case when it comes to Benson Henderson fights, this one was incredibly close. For three rounds, we watched Henderson relentlessly pursue the takedown, effectively shutting down Pitbull’s offense as he did, while Pitbull denied all of those takedown attempts, depriving Henderson of the opportunity to rack up points in the judges’ eyes.<\/p>\n

In the end, the judges sided with Pitbull, awarding him a controversial split decision win. As is always the case when it comes to close fights, this one generated some interesting reactions on Twitter. See some of the best ones below:<\/p>\n

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Is it me, or has nothing really happened so far in this fight? #Bellator183<\/a><\/p>\n

— Mike Jackson, Esq. (@TheTruthJackson) September 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n