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Las Vegas – Patricio Pitbull is ready to make a statement during its beginnings in UFC.
The former champion with two divisions entered the octagon for the first time at UFC 314 on April 12 in Miami, where he faces the interim featherweight champion Yair Rodriguez. Pitbull has participated for the first time since he obtained his release from PFL last January after having publicly called the League to allow it to become a free agent.
Pitbull, 37, now finds himself in a privileged position to make a name for himself in a new position, and it starts by making a show against Rodriguez.
“It is very dynamic, but I have a power and I will break it,” Pitbull told José Youngs of MMA Fighting during a media melee.
During his stay with Bellator, before the brand was acquired by PFL in 2023, Pitbull became the face of the promotion with several reigns of title and defenses at 145 pounds, and a victory in the light title in 2019. He holds a record of 36-7 as a pro, which gives him a lot of credibility if the UFC decides to do so quickly to a record record.
At the top of the UFC 314, the former champion Alexander Volkanovski Combat Diego Lopes for a vacant featherweight belt following Ilia Topuria who left her title to go to a light weight. Pitbull believes that it is not a coincidence that its beginnings are part of the same programming.
“The UFC has said nothing, but I feel the card on which they put me, the position in which they put me, they really align me to be potentially a competitor in the featherweight division,” said Pitbull via a Portuguese translator.
Rodriguez is currently n ° 5 in the official ranking of the featherweight of the UFC, so Pitbull probably affirms this place with a victory on April 12. If this also makes him enter an immediate title shot, he will be quick to sign on the dotted line.
“I’m still ready,” said Pitbull. “We win this fight (the one who wins the main event), I will face, no problem. But I know it depends on my next fight. I know my place, but I will take this belt, you will see.
