{"id":313322,"date":"2019-05-12T06:55:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T13:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=313322"},"modified":"2019-05-12T06:55:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T13:55:54","slug":"after-ko-win-over-michael-chandler-patricio-freire-wants-canelo-alvarez-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/after-ko-win-over-michael-chandler-patricio-freire-wants-canelo-alvarez-next\/","title":{"rendered":"After KO win over Michael Chandler, Patricio Freire wants Canelo Alvarez next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patricio Freire became the second fighter in Bellator history to become a champ-champ last night at Bellator 221. The reigning featherweight champion moved up in weight to take on Michael Chandler, and<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/bellator-221-results-patricio-freire-kos-michael-chandler-video\/\">\u00a0knocked the lightweight champion out in just 61 seconds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, immediately after the ref jumped in to stop the fight, Chandler got up and appeared to be fine. But, according to Freire, the 33-year-old was out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was sleeping,\u201d Freire told <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/05\/patricio-freire-wants-canelo-alvarez-boxing-match-after-bellator-221-win\">MMA Junkie<\/a> after the fight. \u201cHe kissed the floor, so I\u2019m good with that. \u2026 I won the fight. You saw that. He watched the video (replay) after the fight, and he saw he lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, Freire has options for his next fight. Taking on A.J. McKee makes sense, given the undefeated fighter beat Pat Curran last night as well. Although that fight intrigues Freire he doesn&#8217;t want that next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was afraid,\u201d Freire said. \u201cLet\u2019s do (a fight). I\u2019m going to kill him. \u2026 If he can do it at featherweight, let\u2019s go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet Patricio Freire also has another idea for his next fight \u2014 and it&#8217;s a little outside the box. He wants to fight one of the best boxers on this planet right now in Canelo Alvarez. The Mexican, who is currently signed with DAZN, is 52-1-2 with his only loss coming at the hands of Floyd Mayweather.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I can do well with him,\u201d Freire said. \u201cI watched his last fight, and I believe I can fight him. Now I have two belts. He has a lot of belts, too, and it\u2019s going to be a good match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bellator has not yet commented on this possibility, so there&#8217;s no telling if they would let their new champ-champ fight a boxing fight against Alvarez. Freire also told reporters he hasn&#8217;t talked to Bellator President Scott Coker or DAZN about a potential fight just yet.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to see a boxing match between Patricio Freire and Canelo Alvarez? Let us know in the comment section.<\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 5\/12\/2019.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patricio Freire became the second fighter in Bellator history to become a champ-champ last night at Bellator 221. The reigning featherweight champion moved up in weight to take on Michael Chandler, and\u00a0knocked the lightweight champion out in just 61 seconds. However, immediately after the ref jumped in to stop the fight, Chandler got up and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":283036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44,10137,10479],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>After KO win over Michael Chandler, Patricio Freire wants Canelo Alvarez next | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Patricio Freire is the new champ-champ in Bellator and now wants to fight one of the best boxers on this planet right now in Canelo Alvarez.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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