A biography for Patricio Freirehasn’t been written yet.
“There is a business side of things, but people want to see the best fighting the best.”
“I haven't been fighting scrubs. Ever since I began I fought the toughest guys that they could put in front of me.”
“Khabib is very tough, has phenomenal wrestling and sambo, but he has a huge deficiency on the feet so I can catch him. Nothing is impossible.”
“I admired the tournament system because it brings some reality to the game. You had to beat everybody to get your title shot. It wasn't something random, you got there because you beat everybody else.”
“I always tell Bellator that I'm available to fight any time.”
“Weichel hits very hard and is very good with the timing of his attacks.”
“There's no one to beat Cejudo. He's too tough, man. That fight he lost to Benavidez, I don't think he lost that fight. It was tough, but he didn't lose that one. You can put anyone in there with him, he won't lose.”
“I eat really well, I don't go over 165 pounds anymore because I get fat.”
“Portugal and Brazil have a history but we're brothers and sisters. They are very passionate people, especially about MMA - just as Brazilians are passionate about MMA.”
“The only way to know if a fighter is better than the other is to have them fight.”
“Every fight I see as a big fight.”
“Big mouths can't do anything, you have to prove it in the cage.”
“Eventually, I want to beat everybody who has called me out.”
“It's almost impossible to take my right hand on the chin and keep standing, and I knew that.”
“What happens at McGregor's team is that they all talk like Conor McGregor but they don't do what he does. They try to do it. They gain notoriety by talking, and that's a mistake.”
“It really doesn't matter who they bring in. I'll beat them all.”
“If I'm on a card, I should be the main event.”
“I think a fight with Will Brooks would be nice.”
“If it's possible to cheat, let everyone do it.”
“I've fought Wilson Reis and Pat Curran two times and Daniel Straus four times. I'm sick and tired of rematches. I'm one of the most exciting fighters in MMA, but fans are tired of me fighting the same people over and over. I just keep knocking them out.”