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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
It will be a night of lightweight action at Bellator 141 next month, as the organization announced on Thursday that Patricky "Pitbull" Freire will take on Saad Awad on August 28.
Freire, whose brother Patricio holds Bellator's Featherweight Championship, is 6-5 in 11 Bellator appearances thus far. He dropped a decision to Marcin Held in his last outing, snapping a three-fight winning streak.
As for Awad, he makes his ninth appearance in a Bellator cage, having won six of his previous eight fights. He's won three straight, defeating Rob Sinclair in his last fight in April.
Bellator 141 takes place from the Pechanga Resort and Casino, airing live on Spike with a headlining bout between Melvin Guillard and Brandon Girtz.
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