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VIDEO: Brouhaha erupts at Bellator poster signing

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What was supposed to be a simple poster signing for Bellator 141 turned into a full fledged brouhaha.

While opponents Patricky Freire and Saad Awad engaged in the time honored tradition of signing poster after poster in anticipation of this weekend's card, their respective camps got into an expletive-filled altercation.

Freire's wrestling coach Eric Albarracin captured the whole thing on video.

(Warning: The following video contains coarse language.)

#fireworks already Started by Fight Camps between @patrickypitbull camp & Awaad Camp @bellatormma check-in. Friday the cage door closes & the leashes come off on @spiketv #bellator141 see rest of the vídeo soon at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eric-Albarracin-Ultimate-Fighter-Coach/354764971295838

Freire's brother, Bellator featherweight champion Patricio Freire, and Awad's training partner Georgi Karakhanyan were the main instigators in the incident. Patricio Freire TKO'd Karakhanyan back in 2011 and the two were set to square off again in April until Karakhanyan suffered a torn ACL.

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