Patricky Pitbull will not fight Shahzaib Rind at Karate Combat 61 after suffering a cut over his left eye during a Friday morning brawl in Miami.
The fight was scheduled for Saturday. One day earlier, Patricky and Rind had a tense faceoff that escalated when Rind pushed at Patricky’s face and threw a head kick as they separated. The kick missed, but Patricio Pitbull stepped in and exchanged punches with Rind before staff separated the group.
Watch the faceoff clip below:
He told MMA Fighting the later hotel incident happened while he was with his brother and their wives.
“What a f*cking coward move,” Patricky said. “There was that altercation yesterday, and his friends already showed up prepared today. They started throwing water at us during breakfast. It was me, Patricio, and our wives. Patricio asked them to stop, he said we were with our family, and they kept going. I stood up and threw a bottle of water at them. They ran off and I chased them. When we got outside, a brawl broke out and I was the one who got hurt.”
The former Bellator champion said he believed the scene was planned.
“They came throwing water and there were already people recording,” Patricky said. “It was all set up. These guys were the ones protecting him before the weigh-ins.”
Rind and Karate Combat had not publicly responded at the time of the report.
Patricky Pitbull Was Set For His Karate Combat Debut
The Brazilian entered fight week looking for his first combat sports win since July 2023, when he stopped Roberto Satoshi with leg kicks at Bellator MMA x Rizin 2 in Japan. He is listed at 25-16 in MMA with 17 knockout wins and previously held the Bellator lightweight title.
His recent stretch includes five MMA losses and a grappling defeat to Arman Tsarukyan.
Rind is Karate Combat’s lightweight champion. The promotion lists him at 8-0, 154 pounds, and 6-foot-1, with four knockout wins under its banner. He also scored a 2023 bare-knuckle MMA knockout over Carlos Guerra at Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA.
Patricio currently competes at featherweight in the UFC. He is listed at 37-9 in MMA and previously held Bellator titles at featherweight and lightweight.
