Bellator’s Aaron Pico Needs Shoulder Surgery After Dislocation, Out 4-6 Months

Bellator star Aaron Pico says he wants surgical procedure after separating his shoulder within the first spherical of his Bellator 286 battle Saturday, telling TMZ Sports he’ll possible be out 4 to six months.

“I’ll be having surgery soon,” the 26-year-old Bellator fighter says, including … “I’m just having some numbness in my fingers right now, and they’re just waiting for the numbness to go away, and then immediate surgery. They say I’ll probably be out 4 to 6 months, so it’s not that long.”

Of course, Pico, the quantity 4 ranked Bellator featherweight, dislocated his shoulder throwing a hook inside 30 seconds of the primary spherical of his battle with Jeremy Kennedy. Miraculously, Aaron was in a position to survive almost a complete spherical along with his shoulder dangling.

In-between rounds, Aaron directed his coach — who clearly is not a physician — to pop his shoulder again into place. Unfortunately, they did not have any luck. That’s when the ringside doctor got here to the cage and in the end stopped the battle, regardless of Pico pleading with him to repair the damage and let him proceed.

Aaron addressed followers who’ve attacked his coach for making an attempt to get the shoulder again within the socket. He additionally tells us why the ringside doc would not simply pop the shoulder again in place.

Officially, Aaron misplaced the battle … however the truth he was in a position to scrap 4+ minutes with a severe damage is insane, and goes to point out how powerful he’s.

Shockingly, Pico says the damage did not harm … at first.

“I just felt stuck, like something was blocking it, but I wasn’t in pain,” Pico says, including he instantly left the cage earlier than Kennedy was introduced because the winner as a result of he acknowledged he wanted to get to the hospital.

Then the adrenaline wore off … and nicely, it harm, dangerous.

“Then when I got to the back, the pain really set in, and then when I got into the ambulance, I can handle pain, but I started to shed a few tears because I was like this thing is the worst pain I’ve ever been in.”

It was simply final week that Pico, together with greatest buddy and fellow Bellator star AJ McKee, got here to the TMZ workplace and sat down with Babcock on the “TMZ Sports” TV present (airs weekdays on FS1) … and vowed to be champion in the future quickly.

Aaron’s damage might have delayed his aim … nevertheless it did something however derail it.

In truth, he is already serious about his return … and ideally, he’d battle the man on the very high of the division, Patricio Pitbull.

“If I’m being selfish, of course, I’d like to go straight for the title, but I believe Jeremy Kennedy deserves a rematch.”

“If I need to fight him again, I will. If they want me to fight for the title, it’s all good. I have nothing but respect for Kennedy. He didn’t know my shoulder was out and he came to fight. Tough guy, s**t happens. There’s nothing you can really do.”.