About Patrício Pitbull

Patrício Freire (born July 7, 1987 in Natal, Brazil), known professionally by his ring name Patrício Pitbull, is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently competing in Bellator MMA where he is the former Bellator Lightweight Champion and current three-time Bellator Featherweight Champion. He is the younger brother of lightweight fighter Patricky Pitbull. He is the second-ever simultaneous two-weight champion in Bellator MMA history. As of March 1, 2022, he is #3 in the Bellator men's pound-for-pound rankings and #1 in the Bellator Featherweight Rankings.

He is currently ranked as the #4 featherweight in the world by Fight Matrix, having been ranked as high as #3 in October 2020. Combat Press ranks him as the #5 featherweight, #5 lightweight and #9 pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Sherdog ranks him as the #6 lightweight and #7 featherweight fighter in the world. He is also ranked as the #1 featherweight fighter outside of the UFC by Ranking MMA.