AJ McKee & Aaron Pico Say They’ll Never Fight, Barring Historic Payday

AJ McKee and Aaron Pico are 2 of the most skilled fighters in all of Bellator, however disallowing a definitely life-altering quantity of cash, you will never ever see them in a cage together.

27-year-old McKee and 26-year-old Pico visited the TMZ workplaces today and took a seat with Babcock for the “TMZ Sports” television program … to promote their Bellator 286 scraps, decreasing Saturday night in Long Beach, CA.

During the convo, the men, pals for almost their who lives, ranked #1 (A.J.) and #3 (Aaron) oppositions in the featherweight department, were asked if they’d ever combat each other in an approved bout.

The brief response … nope.

“No, we wouldn’t do it. We’ve talked about this before and we said this, ‘Listen, if it ever came down to that, it’s gonna be years and years from now. Those zeros better add up,'” Pico stated.

Aaron continued … “I’m gonna say ‘Hey AJ, is your son gonna be taken care of for life? Are you gonna be taken care of? I’m gonna be taken care of?’ But right now, there’s so many people for us to smash. I just don’t think so.”

McKee then broke down the history of their relationship … and it’s not simply 2 men who periodically train each other — they’re essentially household.

“You gotta go in there with the intent to hurt your brother. Legit known each other since we were 3, 5 years old. Too many fish in this pond.”

Aaron chimed in … “It goes deeper than that. We’ve been friends. My mom would go and pick him up from his house, you know, we’d all have sleepovers. My dad talks to his dad a lot.”

So, disallowing a huuuuuge check, it ain’t taking place.

“It’d have to be a lot of zeros. A lot of zeros. His family’s taken care of, my family’s taken care of. After, we can sit by the pool with a drink and just laugh,” Pico stated.

There’s far more … we likewise talked with the fighters about their 286 matches (McKee’s battling Spike Carlyle at light-weight, Pico’s battling Jeremy Kennedy at featherweight).

Pico likewise informed a touching story about his early profession battles … when the possibility, an accomplished wrestler AND fighter, lost 2 battles in a row (Aaron hasn’t lost because).

A win Saturday night in LBC might make Aaron a title shot … and finish his resurgence.