As a heavily hyped prospect, Aaron Pico jumped right into the fire in his Bellator MMA debut, squaring off against 10-fight veteran Zach Freeman in June 2017.
In that bout, Pico was clipped and submitted in 24 seconds, but he rebounded to post four consecutive first-round KO/TKO victories under the Bellator banner. In each bout, Pico’s opponent was significantly more experienced. That was again the case at Bellator 214, when the former Olympic hopeful dropped Henry Corrales with an early uppercut before being knocked out with a right hook and follow-up punches at the 1:07 mark of round one.