Categories: MMA

A.J. McKee unimpressed with Patricio Pitbull’s Bellator 286 title defense: ‘It sucked ass’

A.J. McKee is in agreement with those who were disappointed by Patricio Pitbull’s recent winning performance.

The former featherweight champion had the chance to watch Pitbull in action following his own fight at Saturday’s Bellator 286 card at in Long Beach, Calif., a unanimous decision victory over Spike Carlyle. Though Pitbull scored a commanding win over Adam Borics to successfully defend his 145-pound title, the live audience booed the Brazilian star’s methodical tactics at times, prompting him to fire back with a “F*** you, everyone” during his post-fight interview.

McKee was on The MMA Hour Monday, and he was as hard-hitting as everyone else when discussing Pitbull’s victory.

” “It sucked, bro,” McKee stated. “That [fight] was horrible. He says he is a professional, and that my fight felt like a brawl. It’s mixed martial arts. If you fight from the hood then you’re going to get a hood fight. Technical fighting is what you should be if your goal is to become technical. You can’t say you are a technical fighter if you poke people in their eyes. Then, when the ref tells them they’ve been poked in their eyes, they want you to swing at them. Nah, alright, bet. You’re going to get a hood scrap every time. That dude .”

has no respect.

“What did he do?” McKee continued. “He wrestled. That’s cool. I can do that too. He couldn’t stop my takedown. He didn’t attempt to take me down, because he can’t take me down. Dude’s wrestling’s garbage.”

Saturday’s main event marked Pitbull’s eighth successful defense of the Bellator featherweight title and his first since regaining it with a win over McKee this past April at Bellator 277. That immediate rematch was booked after McKee defeated Pitbull at Bellator 263 by first-round submission.

A trilogy bout has been discussed, but both fighters have also mentioned finding new homes in different weight classes (McKee fought at 155 pounds for the first time this past weekend, Pitbull has teased moving down to bantamweight to add another title to his collection that already includes belts at 145 and 155 pounds). If it were up to McKee, he and Pitbull would settle the score before going their separate ways for good.

” I think it should [be next],” McKee stated about a third Pitbull fight. McKee said, “For my legacy and for his legacy. It doesn’t matter if it does. Like I said, bigger and better things, that’s what I’m on to. It would be a dream come true for me. It should happen. I think it’s what the people want. I think it’s what I want.

“I don’t know if it’s what he wants, but one and one, I think we need to settle this, you know? Can’t leave the game open.”

Between their first and second fights there was a 10-month gap, which McKee agrees felt too long and somewhat cooled their rivalry. Should Pitbull agree to a third fight, McKee aims to have it happen sooner rather than later.

“For me, I’m ready,” McKee said. “I’m not beat up, I’m not scratched up. That’s my whole thing, I want to be as active as possible. If I do get a bit nauseous, I will take some rest. There are no rest days. You’ve got to just keep grinding and keep going and going and going.

“I’m 27 years old, I’m entering my prime and that’s what I’m looking forward to. Just putting on great shows and getting some more brawls in there.”

Asked whether he and Pitbull had any run-ins this past Saturday that might build anticipation for a third meeting, McKee described what was only a passing encounter with his nemesis.

“He made it very clear that he loves the word ‘motherf*****’ but that was about it,” McKee said. “I was walking by when we were doing the staredowns and stuff, we were all in this five-foot little space and I heard ‘motherf*****’ and I was like, it has to be him. And of course, it was him, so I just started busting up laughing. It was funny.”

Share
WMMAA

This website uses cookies.