“It is a damn joke”: Brent Primus snatches Bellator’s reservation for “Pitbull” vs. Queally for the vacant lightweight title

PHOENIX – Brent Primus is looking forward to the challenge of facing Benson Henderson, but that’s not the only thing on his mind this week.

Primus (10-2 MMA, 8-2 BMMA) will look to bounce back from a tough split decision loss to Islam Mamedov at Bellator 263. Ahead of their upcoming fight, he had plenty of praise for the former title challenger at welterweight and lightweight. Henderson (28-10 MMA, 5-5 BMMA). The fight takes place on the main card of Bellator 268 at the Footprint Center in Phoneix.

“I like the guy, he’s cool,” Primus told MMA Junkie. “It’s going to be fun to fight him, but at the same time, no disrespect when I get in that cage, I’m going to try to kick his head — I’m not going to try, I’m going to do it.”

While Henderson is Primus’ main focus this week to get back into the win column, another booking decision in the lightweight division has given him a boost, providing an extra source of motivation to get a win on Saturday.

Bellator President Scott Coker recently announced that Patricio Freire has vacated his lightweight title. As a result, the promotion decided to move the upcoming rematch between Patricio’s older brother Patricky Freire and Peter Queally to a vacant title fight at Bellator 270.

“That’s a damn joke, man,” Primus said. “Come on guys, how does Patricky fight for the world title when he has two losses? And then how does Queally fight – he hasn’t fought anybody, you know? Has he fought twice in the last 3, 3 1/2 years or something? I just don’t see how that fight makes sense.

“It’s crazy to me and it motivates me a little bit more, so I’m going to go out there and crush Benson and I’m going to go out there and beat the crap out of whoever wins that fight.”

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Primus’ disagreement with the showdown itself doesn’t stop there. Still sour from a booking with Queally that fell through, Primus was due to face him in February 2020, but an injury caused the match to be scrapped.

“The guy is known for getting injured or pulling out of fights,” Primus said. “I was supposed to fight Queally in his home town in Ireland and he supposedly got injured a few weeks, a month before. Bottom line, it’s a damn joke. These guys shouldn’t be fighting for a world title.”

According to Primus, the decision to put the fight down comes down to politics with the promotion and the Freire brothers. He believes Patricio vacated the title because he knew Patricky would have the opportunity to fight for him next.

“I think it’s stupid,” Primus said. “I could fight in a gym, I could have the world title and I could retire and say, ‘Who do I give this belt to?’ Hmm, this guy is my good training partner, I’ll give him the belt. It’s not supposed to be like that, you know? He should win his fights, especially if they are coming off two losses. I don’t see how that’s possible.”

Check out the full interview with Primus in the video above.

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