Patricio Freire stumping for UFC fights with Movsar Evloev, Lerone Murphy
Still looking for a fight nearly three months after his third UFC matchup was scrapped, Patricio Freire is willing to knock on multiple doors.
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Freire, a former Bellator lightweight and featherweight champion and the most accomplished fighter in that promotion’s history, was supposed to fight Losene Keita at UFC Fight Night 258 in early September. Keita came in three pounds heavy, “Pitbull” called no joy, and the fight was canceled.
Freire (37-8 MMA, 1-1 UFC) signed with the UFC earlier this year after he was able to get out of his PFL deal after that promotion bought Bellator and folded it. He dropped a decision to Yair Rodriguez at UFC 314 in April, but rebounded in July with an upset of Dan Ige in New Orleans.
Fellow featherweight Lerone Murphy posted on social media recently that he wants to fight “every month” the way Kevin Holland tries to, and Freire replied to suggest they fight in January. And when Movsar Evloev told Murphy in a post that he’d like to see him fight another top contender, Freire hopped in and suggested he and Evloev fight.
At 38, the clock isn’t necessarily running out on Freire as a UFC featherweight, but it’s certainly ticking. Alexander Volkanovski recently recaptured the title, which he lost to Ilia Topuria, when he beat Diego Lopes for the newly vacated belt after Topuria moved to lightweight.
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Freire is No. 12 in the UFC’s official featherweight rankings. Evloev is the No. 1-ranked contender, followed by Lopes, Rodriguez and Murphy.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Patricio Freire wants UFC fights with Movsar Evloev, Lerone Murphy
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