{"id":325118,"date":"2019-09-11T16:54:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T23:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=325118"},"modified":"2019-09-11T16:54:43","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T23:54:43","slug":"patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/","title":{"rendered":"Patricio &#8216;Pitbull&#8217; is confident he could knockout Khabib Nurmagomedov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Khabib Nurmagomedov is 28-0 and has only lost one round in his entire MMA career. Yet, Bellator featherweight and lightweight champion, Patricio &#8216;Pitbull&#8217; Freire believes he can be the one to hand the Russian his first loss.<\/p>\n<p>Although they are in two different promotions, Freire hopes he can get the chance as he knows he wouldn&#8217;t just beat Nurmagomedov, but knock him out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKhabib is very tough, has phenomenal wrestling and sambo, but he has a huge deficiency on the feet so I can catch him,\u201d Patricio &#8216;Pitbull&#8217; said to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/9\/11\/20861173\/bellator-champion-patricio-pitbull-freire-knock-out-khabib-nurmagomedov-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>. \u201cNothing is impossible. I think he\u2019s very tough, 28-0, but another fighter from Rio Grande do Norte, [Gleison] Tibau, put on a very tough fight with him, and I think there\u2019s a path to beat him. I believe we can do it. If my hand lands, and it would land, it\u2019s over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although no man has come close to solving the riddle that is Khabib Nurmagomedov, Patricio &#8216;Pitbull&#8217; says the Russian has been the same fighter his entire career.<\/p>\n<p id=\"qYDqza\">\u201cHe has the same fight pattern since his first fight,\u201d Freire said. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tony-ferguson\/tony-ferguson-says-khabib-nurmagomedov-had-a-lazy-one-dimensional-fight-against-dustin-poirier\/\">He backs his opponent against the fence, moves, and shoots to the leg<\/a>. No one has ever tried\u2026 Maybe someone did try to land a knee, but I don\u2019t remember anyone getting close to landing. Iaquinta was doing well against him, moving well on the feet, but he was closing the distance the wrong way. I think I can close the distance better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The chances of this fight happening are slim to none, but Patricio &#8216;Pitbull&#8217; hopes he gets a chance to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov one day.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think would win in a fight between Patricio &#8216;Pitbull&#8217; Freire vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!<\/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 9\/11\/2019.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khabib Nurmagomedov is 28-0 and has only lost one round in his entire MMA career. Yet, Bellator featherweight and lightweight champion, Patricio &#8216;Pitbull&#8217; Freire believes he can be the one to hand the Russian his first loss. Although they are in two different promotions, Freire hopes he can get the chance as he knows he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":325119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44,10114,10479,39610],"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>Patricio &#039;Pitbull&#039; is confident he could knockout Khabib Nurmagomedov | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Patricio &#039;Pitbull&#039; Freire believes he can be the one to give the Russian in Khabib Nurmagomedov his first loss and do so by knocking him out.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Patricio &#039;Pitbull&#039; is confident he could knockout Khabib Nurmagomedov | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Patricio &#039;Pitbull&#039; Freire believes he can be the one to give the Russian in Khabib Nurmagomedov his first loss and do so by knocking him out.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-11T23:54:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Patricio-Pitbull-Khabib-Nurmagomedov.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cole Shelton\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cole Shelton\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cole Shelton\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/700e11a4d77666aed250058808e16134\"},\"headline\":\"Patricio &#8216;Pitbull&#8217; is confident he could knockout Khabib Nurmagomedov\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-11T23:54:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-11T23:54:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/\"},\"wordCount\":315,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Bellator\",\"Khabib Nurmagomedov\",\"Patricio \\\"Pitbull\\\" Freire\",\"UFC\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2019\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/\",\"name\":\"Patricio 'Pitbull' is confident he could knockout Khabib Nurmagomedov | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-11T23:54:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-11T23:54:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire believes he can be the one to give the Russian in Khabib Nurmagomedov his first loss and do so by knocking him out.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MMA News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Bellator\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Patricio &#8216;Pitbull&#8217; is confident he could knockout Khabib Nurmagomedov\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/700e11a4d77666aed250058808e16134\",\"name\":\"Cole Shelton\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/cole-shelton\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Patricio 'Pitbull' is confident he could knockout Khabib Nurmagomedov | BJPenn.com","description":"Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire believes he can be the one to give the Russian in Khabib Nurmagomedov his first loss and do so by knocking him out.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Patricio 'Pitbull' is confident he could knockout Khabib Nurmagomedov | BJPenn.com","og_description":"Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire believes he can be the one to give the Russian in Khabib Nurmagomedov his first loss and do so by knocking him out.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2019-09-11T23:54:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":696,"height":399,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Patricio-Pitbull-Khabib-Nurmagomedov.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cole Shelton","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cole Shelton","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/"},"author":{"name":"Cole Shelton","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/700e11a4d77666aed250058808e16134"},"headline":"Patricio &#8216;Pitbull&#8217; is confident he could knockout Khabib Nurmagomedov","datePublished":"2019-09-11T23:54:43+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-11T23:54:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/"},"wordCount":315,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Bellator","Khabib Nurmagomedov","Patricio \"Pitbull\" Freire","UFC"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2019","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/","name":"Patricio 'Pitbull' is confident he could knockout Khabib Nurmagomedov | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-09-11T23:54:43+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-11T23:54:43+00:00","description":"Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire believes he can be the one to give the Russian in Khabib Nurmagomedov his first loss and do so by knocking him out.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-pitbull-is-confident-he-could-knockout-khabib-nurmagomedov\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MMA News","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Bellator","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Patricio &#8216;Pitbull&#8217; is confident he could knockout Khabib Nurmagomedov"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/700e11a4d77666aed250058808e16134","name":"Cole Shelton","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/cole-shelton\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325118"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}