He's a stud
Caldwell is the champ at 135. If Pico is gonna be champion, he's gonna have to dethrone Pitbull. Not saying that's impossible, just a very tall mountain to climb so early in his career.
You're right idk why I thought he was 145.. and that's gonna be tough to do..
The A bomb
There have been a few great fighters that lost in their first bout or 2. I think the loss was the best thing for his career. I made him realize mma is no cakewalk and on any day you can be beaten. I think this will play out better then someone like Ngannou who thought they were unstoppable and appears to have neglected some aspects of the sport.The aggressiveness and ferocity Pico showed in his last 2 bouts is on another level.
Not a chance. Way too many great fights waiting for him already just at featherweight, and that's only going to continue.
Possibly...but in a few years that might change. I hope not...they seem to be doing better there than they are in the heavier classes.
He wanted it and campaigned for it. Guess he wanted to find out exactly where he stood and needed to work on, and he certainly found out the hard way. But he took it a learning lesson and has looked great since. Like
@TheEmperorRises said, Pitbull is a tough mountain to climb but I have no doubt Pico will be champ in Bellator at some point.
In a few years, guys like: Aaron Pico, A.J McKee, James Gallagher, Justin Lawrence, Noad Lahat, Henry Corrales, Sam Sicilia, Adam Borics, Brandon Laroco, Tywan 'Speedy' Claxton, Gaston Bolanos, Cody Bollinger, Chris 'Sunshine' Williams, Aridane Romero, Saul Roger.... they'll take over the division entirely. But before they can do that, they have to unseat the guys who own it now. Guys like Patricio Pitbull, Daniel Weichel, Emmanuel Sanchez, Daniel Straus, Pat Curran, Chinzo Machida, Joe Teixeira, and Marcos Galvao. And that makes for a lot of great fights.
I see half of them not being there in 3 years....
Good call there. Lot of people were calling him a bust after losing his first pro fight, but he's looked great since then. I read that in this fight, he pretty much called his shot -- he wanted to KO the guy with a liver shot and did it.
I'm excited about the new blood. Gotta say I'm kind of bored with the vets in the division -- seems they've been there forever and they just keep fighting each other over and over ...
And he hasn't even mixed in his wrestling we yet.. he's unreal in the mat
