Bellator MMA
Bellator has locked down one in all its brightest stars for the foreseeable future. The promotion introduced that AJ McKee has signed an unique multi-year, multi-fight contract with the group on Tuesday.
Bellator president Scott Coker expressed his enthusiasm to proceed working with McKee, a Bellator-lifer who went from debutant to world champion.
“Our prime precedence has at all times been to domesticate expertise from the bottom up, and with AJ I can proudly say now we have witnessed this younger man blossom right into a bonafide famous person within the Bellator cage,” Coker mentioned in a press launch. “It’s additionally our precedence to retain prime expertise, and with AJ getting into the prime of his profession, it was vital to ensure he continued representing the Bellator model, very like he did lately in Japan, for the foreseeable future.
“I’m wanting ahead to AJ’s subsequent problem, an look in our 2023 Bellator Lightweight World Grand Prix, which showcases the most effective 155-pounders on the earth.”
McKee, a former Bellator featherweight champion, is anticipated to participate in a deliberate Bellator Lightweight Grand Prix additionally involving reigning light-weight champion Usman Nurmagomedov. McKee is at present ranked No. 2 within the featherweight division, No. 3 pound-for-pound and No. 8 at light-weight. He is coming off a win over reigning Rizin light-weight champion Roberto de Souza on New Year’s Eve.
