Twitter Fight Turns Ugly As MMA Champion Says Another Champion Assaulted Him
Bellator 145 just got a lot more interesting, as Bellator Lightweight Champion Will Brooks has accused current Featherweight Champion Patricio Friere of jumping him ahead of this Friday's card.
Brooks said that Patricio and his brother Patricky jumped him while he was on the phone with his mother. According to Brooks, members of the "Pitbull" camp were holding him back as the brothers sucker punched him.
Brooks is scheduled to face top lightweight contender Marcin Held this Friday in a Lightweight Championship defense, while Patricio Pitbull is looking to defend his title against former Featherweight Champion Daniel Straus.
The issue between Brooks and Patricio is not a new one, as the two had it out on Twitter in August. During the exchange, Brooks claimed he was going to slap Friere the next time he saw him. The Pitbull brothers refuted Brooks' claims, and said that Brooks instigated the fight.
Bellator issued me a statement, saying "We are looking into the situation and gathering surveillance footage at this time."
We'll have full Bellator 145 results this Friday night.
Pitbull brothers showed me what cowards they are. They jumped me while I was on the phone with my mom.
? Will Brooks
(@illwillbrooks86) November 4, 2015
f–king cowards jump me while I'm on the phone with my mom... Sucker punched me like the trash that they are pic.twitter.com/WSv56muQzJ
? Will Brooks
(@illwillbrooks86) November 4, 2015
Pussies had to sucker punch me with all their people around while I'm by myself
? Will Brooks
(@illwillbrooks86) November 4, 2015
Punch me while I'm being held back by your people. Cowards
? Will Brooks
(@illwillbrooks86) November 4, 2015
Will Brooks is a liar. He hit Patricky first and came at me, I went after him too and my first punch landed. We were separated.
? Patricio Freire (@PatricioPitbull) November 4, 2015
Then he came again, I knocked him down. He tried to take me down, we were separated again and he started calling us cowards.
? Patricio Freire (@PatricioPitbull) November 4, 2015
I've never had to sucker punch or jump anyone I held things on my own but these cowards aren't built like real men
? Will Brooks
(@illwillbrooks86) November 4, 2015
He was a man of his word and faced the consequences. Now act like a man and tell the truth. pic.twitter.com/duGEbX9jRK
? Patricio Freire (@PatricioPitbull) November 4, 2015