Things did not go all that smoothly during Saturday’s Bellator x RIZIN 2 card both in and out of the cage for the Pitbull brothers.
While Bellator lightweight Patricky Pitbull picked up a TKO victory over Roberto de Souza at the cross-promotional event at the Saitama Super Arena, younger brother Patricio was knocked out in a short-notice fight by Chihiro Suzuki.
That setback was Patricio’s second straight loss, after he dropped a unanimous decision against bantamweight champ Sergio Pettis last month. To add insult to injury, meanwhile, an old foe of Patricio Pitbull, Kleber Koike, also allegedly approached the brothers after the event, entering their dressing room and kicking Patricky, according to his brother.
Bellator’s current featherweight champ, Patricio, revealed the news on social media on Sunday, suggesting that RIZIN not allow his fellow Brazilian to compete for their organization moving forward.
‘Kleber Koike is a dirt loser and a coward. He celebrated my loss and argued with my brother after the fight. Later he invaded our locker room, kicked [Patricky Pitbull]
from behind and run (sic) away,” Pitbull wrote. “[RIZIN PR] a fighter like this should never enter your ring again.”
Patricio faced Koike back at December’s Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN event, which saw the promotions go head to head, with Bellator winning the night 5-0. Patricio Pitbull won that non-title fight via unanimous decision — but has not won since.
Koike was stripped of his RIZIN featherweight title in his last fight after missing weight, which led to a submission win against Chihiro Suzuki being overturned to a No Contest.
