Aaron Pico is no stranger to be thrown into the fire.
According to several reports, the red -hot free agent Aaron Pico has signed a new contract to fight for the UFC. There, the former Bellator star is said to meet a top 5th -ugated person immediately in the unbeaten Movsar Evloev-creepy similar to Patricio Pitbull who debuts against Yair Rodriguez on UFC 314.
It is said that on 17 May Evloev will be confronted with Pico in a main event with five rounds from the UFC Apex.
The switch from Pico to Premier promotion was expected after his dramatic PFL departure earlier this year. Pico is an exciting knockout artist with a 13-4 record, nine of those victories that pass KO.
Pico started his MMA career at Bellator in 2017 and debuted at the age of 20 under the fierce lights of Madison Square Garden.
Pico had all the hype in the world on his way to his pro debut.
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Aaron Pico was advertised as the biggest prospect of MMA for the debut
The expectation afterwards was put on the defined Pico, a former Golden Gloves amateur boxing champion and former medal winner in Freestyle Wrestelen. He started to struggle at the age of 4.
Bellator promoted Pico in full extent and gave the Blue-Chip front view a heavy matchup against 8-2 veteran Zach Freeman on a star-per-view main map with Michael Chandler, Chael Sonen and Fedor Emelianko.
“Everything I have seen and heard, Aaron Pico is perhaps the biggest prospect in the history of MMA,” former Bellator -Baas Scott Coker told ESPN in 2017.
It didn't go according to plan at Bellator NYC …
Aaron Pico was a career around after 24-second loss at MSG
Within a few seconds in the opening round, Pico was caught inside and a huge uppercut counter fell. Freeman would soon grab the neck of Pico and try a guillotine entry.
Pico did his best to survive from the ground, but it didn't make sense. He was forced to tap into his very first MMA fight from the Mecca, Madison Square Garden.
His dreams crushed that night, it didn't take long before Pico saved himself again. Pico returned later that year to claim his first victory … Or should we say, first scalp?
After he had lost from Freeman, Pico went knockout on an absolute tear of the first round, making opponent Justin Linn Limp with an average left hook for KO #1.
The knockouts of Pico are as brutal as they come.
0-1 To start his career, the first five opponents of Aaron Pico had a combined 63-20 record when he fought against them. Pico has never fought against an opponent with a loss record.
Winner of nine of his last ten battles, one loss because of a shoulder injury, Pico constantly tested himself against the best competition that Bellator had to offer and was reportedly on the edge of a title fight before he left the PFL.
Pico has Ko victories at Henry Corrales, Pedro Carvalho and Leandro Higo, decent names in Bellator.
We will see how he deals with Aaron Pico deals with the best in the world in the UFC, starting with #4-ranged featherweight competition Movsar Evloev next month.
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