Patricio Freire Pulled From Bellator 73
Posted on 20 Aug 2012
by MMAScoops.com Staff

With the withdrawal of Bellator featherweight champion Pat Curran (17-4 MMA, 7-1 BFC) due to a broken orbital bone, his planned opponent Patricio "Pitbull" Freire (17-1 MMA, 5-1 BFC) has also been scratched from Friday's Bellator 73 event. Matt Van Buren (5-0 MMA, 2-0 BFC) vs. Mike Mucitelli (2-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC) has been moved to the main card. Bellator 73 takes place at Harrah's Tunica Hotel and Casino in Mississippi on Friday night with the following card…

MAIN CARD (MTV2)
Marcos Galvao vs. Luis Nogueira (season-six bantamweight tournament final)
Attila Vegh vs. Travis Wiuff ("Summer Series" light-heavyweight-tourney final)
Ryan Martinez vs. Mike Wessel
Mike Mucitelli vs. Matt Van Buren

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com)
Cosmo Alexander vs. Harry Johnson
Brian Albin vs. Jacob Noe
Amaechi Oselukwue vs. Kelvin Tiller
Andy Uhrich vs. Joe Williams
Jay Black vs. Brian Hall
Chris Coggins vs. Zach Underwood