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AJ McKee is shooting for the stars after the biggest win of his pro MMA career. In the main event of Bellator 263, McKee took on Patricio Freire in the finals of the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix. McKee dropped “Pitbull” with some…
AJ McKee is shooting for the stars after the biggest win of his pro MMA career. In the main event of Bellator 263, McKee took on Patricio Freire in the finals of the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix. McKee dropped “Pitbull” with some punches after rocking him with a head kick. He then latched onto […]
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Dana White has the door open for Bellator star AJ McKee to negotiate with the UFC. McKee made history Saturday night as he dethroned Bellator’s long-time featherweight champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire via first-round standing g…
Dana White has the door open for Bellator star AJ McKee to negotiate with the UFC. McKee made history Saturday night as he dethroned Bellator’s long-time featherweight champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire via first-round standing guillotine choke to claim the title at Bellator 263. The event took place at The Forum in Inglewood, California, which gave spectacle to […]
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Patricio Freire lost the Bellator Featherweight Title in the first round to AJ McKee but his team is already asking for a rematch in Brazil. Freire put the 145-pound gold on the line this past Saturday night (July 31). The title fight headlined Bellato…
Patricio Freire lost the Bellator Featherweight Title in the first round to AJ McKee but his team is already asking for a rematch in Brazil. Freire put the 145-pound gold on the line this past Saturday night (July 31). The title fight headlined Bellator 263. It also served as the final bout in the Bellator […]
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The Pulse of MMA: Fan Reactions To The Sport’s Biggest Stories Here are some of the raw reactions from the MMA community about the biggest stories around the sport. Bellator 263 Results, Sights, & Sounds: The A.J. McKee Era Begins Bellator 263 saw …
The Pulse of MMA: Fan Reactions To The Sport’s Biggest Stories Here are some of the raw reactions from the MMA community about the biggest stories around the sport. Bellator 263 Results, Sights, & Sounds: The A.J. McKee Era Begins Bellator 263 saw the crowning of a new featherweight champion when 26-year-old A.J. McKee defeated […]
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Bellator president, Scott Coker wants to see his featherweight champion square off against elite 145lb fighters from other promotions, primarily those in the UFC. AJ McKee picked up the featherweight belt and a $1 million bonus cheque when he beat Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire inside one round at Bellator 263 this past weekend. The 26-year-old wobbled […]
Bellator president, Scott Coker wants to see his featherweight champion square off against elite 145lb fighters from other promotions, primarily those in the UFC.
AJ McKee picked up the featherweight belt and a $1 million bonus cheque when he beat Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire inside one round at Bellator 263 this past weekend.
The 26-year-old wobbled the dual-weight Bellator champion with an early head kick before swarming with punches to drop ‘Pitbull’. A brief lapse in concentration allowed Freire to pop back to his feet before McKee locked up a standing guillotine choke to close the show.
Post-fight, McKee declared himself the best featherweight fighter in MMA.
“Being at 145 pounds isn’t the easiest,” McKee said. “Maybe we get some superfights going but I’m pretty much done with the division at 145 pounds, so hop up to 155 pounds. He’s the best 145-pounder – was the best. I’ve pretty much been saying it. Now people are seeing it and believing it. I am the best 145-pounder in the world whether it’s UFC, ONE FC, PFL, I don’t care who it is.
“I’ve got $1 million cash in my bank and I’d put it up against anybody else. I’m sure Showtime and Bellator, they’ll match it. Let’s do some superfights. Let’s get some big stuff going. Let’s change this sport, like I’ve been saying. Let’s do it. Let’s unify these belts.”
Coker is very much interested in matching McKee against the likes of Alexander Volkanovski, Brian Ortega, and Max Holloway but doubts Dana White would be willing to cross-promote.
“Yeah, I mean I would love to see (McKee) fight against other people as well, as you guys would also, but it’s not going to happen because it’s not the UFC’s business model to do it,” Coker said. “But you tell me this kid couldn’t go in there and fight anybody right now. Everybody knows that he can do it. So if they want to get it on, we’d do it in a second.” (Transcribed by BJPENN.com)
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Patricio Pitbull wants to run things back with AJ McKee. Pitbull lost his featherweight title after suffering a first-round submission defeat to McKee in the finals of the featherweight grand prix at Bellator 263 last night. It was the Brazilian’s first defeat since 2016, but he is already looking ahead to the future. “I am […]
Patricio Pitbull wants to run things back with AJ McKee.
Pitbull lost his featherweight title after suffering a first-round submission defeat to McKee in the finals of the featherweight grand prix at Bellator 263 last night.
It was the Brazilian’s first defeat since 2016, but he is already looking ahead to the future.
“I am always motivated. My debut was in 2004, and now I have a lot of years fighting and dedicating myself to this game, and I am hungry every time,” Freire said post-fight (via Sherdog). “I spent a lot of years without being defeated, and today is a new day for me. It’s a different kind of feeling, and I want to rest a little bit, enjoy my son, my wife.
“But I will come back stronger. I know that. Everyone says that when they get a defeat, but I am different.”
As for McKee? Pitbull had nothing but good things to say about the new 145-pound king as he made no excuses.
“On this night, he was great,” Freire said. “He kicked my head, and he almost knocked me out, and he almost finished me. He was good, congratulations.”
However, Pitbull unsurprisingly wants a rematch and with McKee talking about moving up, the former would love to defend his lightweight crown against him.
“Before the fight I think he told somebody something like this, and it’s a good thing,” Freire added. “He beat me in the featherweight division. I know he’s big, he has trouble cutting weight. And let’s think about it. I have a belt. I’m still a world champion.”
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