There is certainly no love lost between reigning Bellator featherweight champion Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire and surging prospect A.J. McKee. Too bad they’re not fighting.
Instead Freire (28-4) will look to become Bellator’s next double champ as he challenges lightweight champion Michael Chandler in the main event of Bellator 221, while McKee (13-0) squares off against former of former champion Pat Curran earlier in the night.
But for the man known as “Mercenary,” even though it was Curran who lost the featherweight title to Freire, he still represents the “true champ” since he’s the one actually willing to fight while his division’s champion jumps to another weight class.