Patricio Pitbull is respected by AJ McKee but the latter thinks he claimed Bellator GOAT title from the former

Patricio Pitbull is a Bellator MMA icon, and somebody he break up a pair of BMMA title fights with has weighed in on the Brazilian fighter’s run within the UFC up to now. The combatant in query is AJ McKee, who fights an undefeated adversary Salamat Isbulaev, at PFL San Diego within the headliner on Saturday, June twenty seventh.

When AJ McKee fought Patricio Pitbull twice, the previous received 1,000,000 {dollars} from a grand prix and the promotion’s lineal 145-pound gold within the course of, whereas Patricio Freire regained the featherweight crown of their rematch. When requested for his ideas on Pitbull’s UFC run up to now, with a few losses bookending a win at this juncture, McKee mentioned [via Bowks Talking Bouts],

“Man, that dude, he’s been holding it down. He was the champ after I first signed to the group of Bellator. So, he’s been by these waters. He’s bought a whole lot of notable wins underneath his profession. He’s been holding his factor down. Then his final struggle with [Aaron] Pico. So, they’re each hungry. They’re each my boys. It’s simply good to see them proceed to do their factor and do what they’re doing.”

Patricio Pitbull misplaced his Bellator GOAT standing to AJ McKee, per the latter

Losses to Yair Rodriguez and Aaron Pico befell, with a win over Dan Ige transpiring in the midst of that stretch for Patricio Pitbull. After referring to Pitbull because the Bellator GOAT, contemplating not simply his huge profile as their featherweight champion but in addition successful their light-weight belt in a conflict with Michael Chandler, McKee acknowledged [via Bowks Talking Bouts],

“Yeah, however I’m the Bellator GOAT [laughs]. I took that one off from him. So, however yeah, man. He’s positively an OG, a vet.”

When requested if ‘The Mercenary’ was additionally on a path to turning into PFL’s GOAT sometime, McKee quipped [via Bowks Talking Bouts],

“Positively. I’m simply wanting ahead to being world champion once more and getting that strap wrapped round my waist once more.”