[ Aaron Pico got one back against Henry Corrales. Closing out the prelims of PFL vs. Bellator: Champions, Pico (13-4) ran it back against Corrales (21-8) in a rematch from 2019. Although Pico took a loss in their first meeting, this time around Pico closed the show by TKO in the first round at 4:53. … Read more
[ PFL vs. Bellator: Champions takes place Saturday and MMA Junkie has you covered with live and official results throughout the entire card. The event features PFL fighters vs. Bellator fighters at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The main card airs live on pay-per-view at 3 p.m. ET following prelims on ESPN+ at noon … Read more
[ Five days out from PFL vs. Bellator: Champions, the card has been slightly edited. Bellator stars Patricio Freire and Aaron Pico are looking at new matchups – a domino effect that stemmed from the withdrawal of Jesus Pinedo. Pinedo was initially scheduled to face Freire (35-7) in a champion vs. champion matchup. Filling that … Read more
[ Aaron Pico is solely focused on his fight with Gabriel Braga at PFL vs. Bellator: Champions later this months, but the potentially opportunities beyond that aren’t lost on him. Like many, Pico (12-4), who has spent the entirety of his MMA career fighting under the Bellator banner, finds himself largely in the dark in … Read more
[ Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-pfl-bellator-news-matchup-fight-announcements-january-15-21-2024 January 22, 2024 4:20 pm ET MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize. But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back. … Read more
[ This is it, right? Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou was the No. 1 fight on MMA Junkie’s wish list for 2023, and it is again for 2024. However, now more than ever it seems this one won’t happen. Ngannou is signed to PFL for MMA and it etching his name into boxing’s heavyweight division … Read more
[ Aaron Pico would love the gift of a rematch this holiday season, but he’s not getting his hopes up that Santa will come through. Pico (12-4 MMA, 12-4 BMMA) had a six-fight winning streak snapped in 2022 when a shoulder injury at Bellator 286 led to a TKO after the first round against Jeremy … Read more
[ Aaron Pico has an idea about what he might do if he doesn’t get another MMA fight booked soon, and it’s going to sound a little out there. If the Bellator featherweight contender doesn’t know what his next step is reasonably soon now that Bellator is owned by the PFL, he might take a … Read more
