By The Numbers: Patricio Freire vs. A.J. McKee

Some see it as the single-most important fight in Bellator MMA history, and the combat sports world will soon find out whether or not it can live up to those great expectations.

Patricio Freire will defend his undisputed championship in the featherweight grand prix final when he meets A.J. McKee atop Bellator 263 this Saturday at The Forum in Inglewood, California. To the winner goes the promotion’s 145-pound title and a $1 million prize for being the sole-survivor in a star-studded 16-man tournament that began back in 2019.

Freire enters the cage on a seven-fight winning streak. He last appeared at Bellator 255, where he choked Emmanuel Sanchez unconscious with a first-round guillotine on…