This Friday, from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT, Bellator 123 will be headlined by a rematch for the featherweight title as champion Pat Curran takes on Patricio “Pitbull” Freire.

Curran and Pitbull first met at Bellator 85. It was a grueling five round fight that could have easily been scored for either fighter, but Curran’s conditioning let him to have a better fifth round, and thus taking home the split decision victory.

In the above video, both Curran and Pitbull give you their thoughts leading into their rematch. Don’t expect many pleasantries; these two have been going back and forth at each other nonstop on social media.

Also on the card, Cheick Kongo will be looking to extend his winning streak as he takes on Lavar Johnson. They are not the only heavyweights on the card; professional wrestling star Bobby Lashley will be making his debut in the Bellator cage when he faces off against Josh Burns.

To round out the televised portion of the event, fan favorite Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal is set to face Dustin Jacoby. The rest of the card breaks down as follows:

Rico DiSciullo vs. Marvin Maldonado

Steve Garcia vs. Kin Moy

Mike Wessel vs. Josh Diekmann

Brennan Ward vs. Tamdan McCrory

Perry Filkins vs. Dan Cramer

Mike Mucitelli vs. Mark Griffin

Philipe Martins vs. Pete Rogers, Jr.

Brandon Fleming vs. Blair Tugman

Lucas Cruz vs. Andrew Calandrelli

Scott Cleve vs. Matt Bessette

The main event action will kick off at 8:00 pm EST on Spike TV. You can also catch the preliminary action starting at 6:00 pm EST on Spike.com

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