Will Brooks to fellow Bellator champ Patricio Freire: 'I will slap you in your f-cking mouth'

Will Brooks

For at least one event, Patricio Freire has bragging rights, and he’s making the most of it.

The Bellator featherweight champion today riled up fellow titleholder Will Brooks today during a Twitter squabble. And it’s all due to their placement on an upcoming card.

As reported earlier today, both fighters are scheduled to fight on Nov. 6 at Bellator 145, which is one of the organization’s bigger “tentpole” events on Spike TV. Champ Freire, who’s ranked No. 4 in the NOS Energy Drink MMA featherweight rankings, takes on No. 11-ranked Daniel Straus (24-6 MMA, 10-3 BMMA) in the headliner at St. Louis’ Scottrade Center. Champ and No. 14-ranked featherweight Brooks (16-1 MMA, 8-1 BMMA), meanwhile, meets Marcin Held (21-3 MMA, 10-2 BMMA) in the co-main event.

“Pitbull” was all too eager to point out his headlining spot (via Twitter):

Brooks wasn’t exactly ready to take the jab in stride, and he unleashed a quick barrage of tweets with threats ranging from turning “this into something else” and slapping “you in your f-cking mouth when I see you next” (via Twitter):

Of the two brothers, Brooks has largely feuded with Patricio Freire’s brother, Bellator lightweight Patricky Freire. However, as mentioned in a May tweet, Brooks said he’ll happily take on both:

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