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Patricky, Patricio Pitbull refute Karate Combat president's claims over Miami brawls: 'You are a f***ing liar'
TL;DR
Patricky and Patricio Pitbull denied claims by Karate Combat president regarding a brawl in Miami. The incident, which involved an ambush by lightweight champion Shahzaib Rind's crew, led to Patricky's withdrawal from the fight due to an injury.
Key points
- A brawl broke out at a hotel in Miami involving the Pitbull brothers.
- Patricky Pitbull suffered an injury leading to his fight's cancellation.
- Shahzaib Rind's crew ambushed the Pitbull brothers with water guns.
- Rind went on to defeat Andre Ewell after Patricky withdrew.
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Karate Combat became the center of controversy ahead of its recent event in Miami, when a full-scale brawl broke out at the fighter hotel after weigh-ins on Friday, May 1.
The Pitbull brothers â Patricio and Patricky Freire â found themselves at the heart of the scuffle. Patricky, a former Bellator champion, was gearing up for his Karate Combat debut against lightweight champion Shahzaib Rind. But things took a chaotic turn when Rind and his crew ambushed the brothersâ family in the hotel lobby, spraying them with water guns and sparking a massive brawl that spilled out to the hotelâs front entrance.
Patricky suffered a cut over his eye in the exchange, ultimately leading to the fightâs cancelation just one day out from the event. With the Brazilian forced to withdraw, Rind went on to defeat a late-replacement, UFC veteran Andre Ewell, via second-round stoppage.
Before the incident occurred, the Pitbull brothers were already suspicious of what theyâd gotten into, they told Uncrowned. It started the night prior, when Patricky and Rind had a faceoff in front of the famous Sunray Motel. Patricky and Rind got into a much smaller-scale scuffle that night. Speaking through an interpreter, Patricky told Uncrowned that things had been playful until Rind went chest-to-chest and started pushing him backward. Losing his balance, Patricky applied a body lock, to which Rind responded with elbows. Rind then tried to punch him, Patricky said. Once separated, Rind went for kicks to the head, prompting Patricio to come in for a deescalation attempt.
Patricio, speaking alongside his brother, told Uncrowned his belief that the whole thing was orchestrated from the beginning, not just by Rind, but by Karate Combat President Asim Zaidi, who coaches and trains Rind at his gym, The Goat Shed in Miami.
"All this was manipulated by them,â Patricio said. âThey were trying to create something. They wanted Patricky to go alone. And after the issue was resolved, we started seeing posts on Karate Combat social media talking about four-on-one. They did a collab with a Pakistani influencer, and they took down that collab after we started complaining and showed our version of the facts.
"There are several things you can see on Karate Combat's Instagram with him. You can see the president, who's his coach and manager, doing collabs with him on those kinds of posts. So they created the animosity that led to what happened the other day, because they were instigating people against us. They were saying we were cowards. ⊠They even used AI to create an image. If you look at the video, Shahzaib hits me with a slap with an open palm and his glasses in his hand. But if you look at Karate Combat's Instagram right now, we will see the image of him â . You can see my head tilted to the side, and he looks like a movie star. They created that image, they posted it as real in more than one post, and they kept instigating people against us."
Q&A
What happened during the brawl involving the Pitbull brothers in Miami?
A brawl broke out at a hotel after Shahzaib Rind's crew ambushed the Pitbull brothers, resulting in Patricky suffering an injury and withdrawing from his fight.
Why was Patricky Pitbull's fight canceled?
Patricky Pitbull's fight was canceled due to a cut over his eye sustained during the brawl, which occurred just one day before the event.
Who did Shahzaib Rind fight after Patricky Pitbull withdrew?
After Patricky Pitbull withdrew, Shahzaib Rind fought and defeated UFC veteran Andre Ewell via second-round stoppage.
What led to the initial confrontation between Patricky Pitbull and Shahzaib Rind?
The initial confrontation stemmed from a faceoff at the Sunray Motel, where tensions escalated into a smaller-scale scuffle before the larger brawl occurred.
