UFC Vederweight Competier Aaron Pico is not interested in attending unfinished things with one former Bellator champion.
Aaron Pico is days removed from making his long-awaited UFC debut this Saturday at UFC 319 against Lerone Murphy. In a potential no. 1 candidate fight, Pico and Murphy will collide in a short-notice booking at the UFC 319 Co-Main event.
Pico, one of the largest UFC signing sessions in recent years, will try to send a message to the rest of the featherweights in his first Octagon performance. After he fails in a Bellator title during his long Stint, he is laser-oriented on making a UFC title profit.
In addition to his preparations for UFC 319, Pico has the man he used to chase Featherweight Division in the Bellator. Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire has been 1-1 since his UFC signature earlier this year, and called Pico to establish unfinished things in their new promotion.
Aaron Pico answers a question during a UFC 316 Q+a session with fans. Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images
Aaron Pico closes Patricio 'Pitbull's Callout after UFC 318
Despite the recent callouts from Pitbull, Pico is not interested in granting the desired fight by Pitbull, regardless of what is happening this weekend in Chicago.
During a recent interview with Shakiel Mahjouri from CBS Sports, Pico responded to the latest callout from Pitbull after UFC 318.
'I saw his first fight live, I didn't look at his last … I am not really interested in [fighting him]”Said Pico.
“He had many opportunities to fight with me in Bellator and I asked to fight him for a whole year, and for some reason it never happened. I am very happy that it was not because I defeated Patricio 'Pitbull', I win the championship and I am locked up [in the PFL].
“He had every opportunity to fight against me, but now he says” Oh I want to fight him, I want to fight him, “but we are just completely different now. I am not focused on him, I am aimed at fighting for the championship.”
Pico would fight Movsar Evloev earlier this year in UFC Abu Dhabi before Evloev withdrew due to injury. At the moment, a timeline for the return of the unbeaten featherweight to the Octagon is uncertain.
If Pico is overcome at UFC 319 this weekend, he could earn the next title shot against Alexander Volkanovski. In the meantime, Pitbull earned his first UFC victory last month Dan IGE on UFC 318 to earn a place in the top 15.
Jon Jones praised the 'character' of Khamzat Chimaev for UFC 319 title shot
In anticipation of UFC 319, Khamzat Chimaev received a lot of praise from one of the great ones of all time. Chimaev will be confronted with UFC Middleweight Champion Dric Du Plessis in the UFC 319 Main Event after an unbeaten run in the Octagon.
Jon Jones praised Chimaev's 'character' after the unbeaten middleweight Jones the scariest hunter in the history of UFC Labelde. Jones retired in June, but has since announced his intentions to return to the Octagon on the planned White House card of the UFC next year.
If Chimaev becomes victors this weekend, he will come one step closer to taking Jones' former place in the pound-for-pound ranks of the UFC.