Patricio Pitbull became the Bellator featherweight champion last month and he has a new goal, join Joe Warren as a two-divisional champion in Bellator.
Warren accomplished that on Friday night as he defeated Eduardo Dantas to become the unified Bellator bantamweight champion.
Following the victory by Warren, Pitbull went to Twitter and made it very clear. He wants a rematch against Warren and will go down to 135 pounds to face the current bantamweight champion.
@BellatorMMA me vs @JoeWarrenMMA for his belt in January. I’m gonna clean the mess the judges did when I beat him and finish him now.
— Patricio Freire (@PatricioPitbull) October 11, 2014
I wanna join @danhendo as two divisions MMA champion. @BellatorMMA @ScottCoker me vs @JoeWarrenMMA in January, book it!
— Patricio Freire (@PatricioPitbull) October 11, 2014
Pitbull and Warren had their first meeting at Bellator 23 in the season two featherweight tournament final. Warren would win a split decision on the scorecards and would go on to win the featherweight title. Pitbull would end up winning the season four featherweight tournament to set up a rematch, but an injury delayed his opportunity to have a rematch against Warren and Pat Curran would end up taking the title from Warren.
Should Bellator President Scott Coker grant the wish of Pitbull? Daniel Weichel is currently waiting for his title shot from winning the season ten featherweight tournament and it would seem likely that former champion Daniel Straus is in line for a title shot.
UPDATE: Patricio Pitbull sent a tweet to TheMMAReport.com which he stated he wants to fight Warren in January and would defend the featherweight title in February if that is what Bellator wants.
@Jason_Floyd only @danhendo has held two belts at the same time. I will join him in January and defend the FW belt in February if they want. — Patricio Freire (@PatricioPitbull) October 11, 2014
@Jason_Floyd the FWs and BWs won’t have to wait much. I’ll keep myself active and fight any time @BellatorMMA wants.
— Patricio Freire (@PatricioPitbull) October 11, 2014