Carvalho Predicts Patricio Pitbull Knockout At Bellator 241

Pedro Carvalho | Bellator MMA

Bellator 241: “Pitbull vs. Carvalho” goes down tomorrow night (Fri., March 13, 2020) inside Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., streaming exclusively online via DAZN. As you’d expect from the event title, “champ-champ” Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (30-4) will defend his 145-pound title against Pedro Carvalho (11-3) in the main event in ongoing Featherweight Grand Prix.

It’s a format unique in North America to have a world champion defend his title in every round of a tournament, but Bellator MMA has done it before with the Welterweight Grand Prix and crowned a new champion in the finals. If Freire is to achieve what Rory MacDonald could not, he’s got this fight and two more tournament brackets to go to get it done. Carvalho is not here to be just another bracket for “Pitbull,” though. Currently on a six-fight win streak, Carvalho advanced with a nasty face crank against Sam Sicilia last year. It’s a reminder that no matter how hard Freire can hit his opponents, anybody can be caught on the ground if they make one mistake.

Carvalho recently spoke with MMAmania.com through e-mail because of international time differences. I asked him first about his training camp to fight for the world title this Friday.