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A.J. McKee starches Georgi Karakhanyan in eight seconds to advance in Bellator featherweight grand prix

A.J. McKee made another statement in the featherweight division, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Bellator 145-pound grand prix with a lightning-fast knockout at Bellator 228.

Just hours after McKee’s father, Antonio, made a successful comeback, the 24-year-old Mckee sent the crowd into a frenzy by starching Georgi Karakhanyan in eight seconds. It was the second-fastest finish in Bellator history.

”I want my motherf*king belt,” the younger McKee crowed after the fight. “Winner-winner, chicken dinner, Let’s go!”

Karakhanyan had just stepped back from a glove touch when A.