Bellator MMA re-signs A.J. McKee to an exclusive multi-year contract

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I have been sitting on this news waiting for it to become public. Signed a 6 fight contract with three of them in the tourney. His first fight should be against Patricky. The other side of the bracket should have Usman Nurmagomedov with the potential of AJ and Usman fighting for the big prize. A lot of people do not think AJ can win a fight against Usman but they said the same thing when he fought Pitbull and won.

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I hope the contract had a buyout of his walkout outfit at Rizin.

Congrats to him for getting a (presumably) great contract.

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This is unfortunate as I and many others wanted to see him really test himself against the top ufc talent

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To be honest, he really wants to fight in the UFC and thinks the 6 fights will be up in the next two years barring any injuries. I hope he does not go to the UFC and pull a Gilbert Melendez lol

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UFC needs to buy Bellator and turn it into a minor league show like DWCS.

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I hear ya but this is not like the Strikeforce situation. Viacom bought Bellator in 2011 to be involved in the MMA business that was booming ratings-wise. They do not want to sell most likely.

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Wowwwww good looking out bro

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Well I guess that coming from Aerial so it’s probably bullshit lol.

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Carie, Scott Coker’s assistant said she has not heard anything. AJ’s agent said “Meh, they’ve been on the market for years”…lol

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True lol

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The name has to be holding them back.

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The name Bellator? lol

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Yes lol it’s terrible . Coker even talked about changing it.

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Yeah but Strikeforce was long and not a good name either lol

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We need to do a poll on a good name lol

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Yeah I guess it was so bad ass because of the roster.

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Absolutely and I bet they would see it too.

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Good for that competition.

Love the loyalty thus far from guys like A.J and Pitbull brothers.

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MVP at 170 ufc would be interesting . Storley vs Colby …