Legendary Bellator champion joining Dana White's UFC looks inevitable: "I'll be there pretty soon"

Reigning Bellator featherweight champion Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire has expressed a desire to join Dana White's UFC soon.

Nolan King of MMA Junkie revealed a conversation on X with Pitbull, where the Brazilian featherweight shared that his contract with the PFL is ending soon and that he is planning to join the UFC afterward. UFC welterweight Gilbert Burns took notice of the post and reshared it, expressing his excitement for his compatriot:

“That would be amazing to have @PatricioPitbull in the @ufc. About time!”

Check out Gilbert Burns' X post below:

'Pitbull' responded to Burns's post and confirmed the news, writing:

“I’ll be there pretty soon, my friend. Thank you @GilbertDurinho.”

Check out Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire's X post below:

As of now, it’s unclear when Pitbull’s contract with the PFL is ending. He has an MMA record of 36-7 and is also the former Bellator lightweight champion.

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Dana White reacts to Usman Nurmagomedov expressing his desire to join the UFC

Reigning Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov recently shared his thoughts on joining the UFC when his contract with Bellator ends. He mentioned that he would consider making the move after his close friend and current UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev retires.

Usman, who's the cousin of UFC Hall of Famer Khabib Nurmagomedov, boasts an impressive MMA record of 18-0-1NC. During the post-event presser for Power Slap 9, UFC CEO Dana White was informed of Usman’s desire to join his promotion. Reacting to this, White claimed that all big MMA fighters want to join the UFC except Francis Ngannou:

“All of their good people wanna be over here anyway, so I would imagine that eventually he’ll be here... Nobody wants to fight in the PFL – except for Francis [Ngannou].”

Check out Dana White’s comments below: