Patricio ‘Pitbull’ retains title at Bellator 203 with win over Weichel

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Bellator MMA featherweight champion Patricio "Pitbull" Freire reacts after his Bellator 203 fight against Daniel Weichel. (Bellator/Lucas Noonan)

Patricio “Pitbull” Freire retained his featherweight title over the weekend at Bellator 203 with a split decision victory over Daniel Weichel.

The bout was a rematch of a classic 2015 fight that Freire also won.

Bellator 203 took place in Rome, Italy where the main card featured six mixed martial arts contests while the preliminary card was exclusively Bellator Kickboxing matches.

Although the main event went the distance, the five other MMA bouts ended in the first round, including victories from former Bellator welterweight champion Andrey Koreshkov and veteran Italian middleweight Alessio Sakara.

Here’s a look at the complete results from the event.

Bellator 203
— Patricio “Pitbull” Freire def. Daniel Weichel by split decision
— Alessio Sakara def. Jamie Sloane by TKO
— Andrey Koreshkov def. Vaso Bakocevic by knockout
— Alen Amedovski def. Will Fleury by knockout
— Maxim Radu def. Simone La Preziosa by TKO
— Michele Martignoni def. Simone D’Anna by knockout

Bellator Kickboxing 10
— Gabriel Varga def. Kevin Ross by TKO
— Giorgio Petrosyan def. Chingiz Allazov by unanimous decision
— Gaston Bolanos def. Domenico Lomurno by unanimous decision
— Martine Michieletto def. Gloria Peritore by unanimous decision
— Raffaele Vitale def. Mattia Faraoni by majority decision
— Gabriele Casella def. Alex Negrea by unanimous decision
— Davide Armanini def. Fatmir Gordi by unanimous decision
— Florenzo Pesare def. Antonio Campagna by unanimous decision

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