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Bellator’s A.J. McKee Shares Story Behind 8-Second KO Loss As An Amateur

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A.J. McKee’s professional mixed martial arts record is a pristine 16-0. His amateur ledger is similarly impressive — with one glaring exception.

According to Sherdog.com records, the Bellator MMA featherweight star owns a 7-1 amateur mark, and that one blemish is especially noteworthy because it came not via controversial split-decision, but by eight-second knockout at the hands of an unheralded fighter named Christian Espinosa.