A rematch of last year’s Bellator featherweight tournament final is in the works for this spring.
Ariel Helwani reported on Tuesday that new Bellator 145 lbs king A.J. McKee and former champion Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire are lined up for another showdown in April.
McKee (18-0) is one of the rising stars in MMA, having spent his entire career under the Bellator banner. He tore through his competition in the featherweight grand prix, knocking out Georgi Karakhanyan just seconds into the opening tournament round, followed by consecutive submissions of Derek Campos and Darrion Caldwell to reach the final.