Aaron Pico 's return toBellator MMA is being pushed back at least a month.- Bellator President
Scott Coker broke the news Tuesday to Insider. - "The fight supposed to happen in April is being pushed back … [to] May or June," said Coker.
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The Bellator MMA President Scott Coker broke the news Tuesday to Insider, saying that the fighting return of the fast-rising American phenom Pico is getting pushed into "May or June."
The 24-year-old fought three times in 2020, including two behind-closed-doors bouts at Bellator's residency inside the Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut.
Pico was scheduled to fight the British featherweight Aiden Lee on the main card at Bellator 257 on April 16, however, the same bout will instead take place at a later date.
"The fight that was supposed to happen in April is being pushed back," Coker confirmed to Insider.
"[Pico] has some medical issues that he had to take care of, so now he's probably being pushed back to the second fight [event] in May, or June."
-Al Dawson (@AlanDawsonSport) March 23, 2021
An accomplished freestyle wrestler and a championship-winning amateur boxer, Pico entered the mixed martial arts space with great hype when Coker signed him as a teenager in 2014.
Pico lost his MMA debut to Zach Freeman by guillotine choke at Bellator 180, and suffered back-to-back knockouts in his sixth and seventh bouts in the promotion to drop his record to four wins (four knockouts) against three losses.
He has rebounded tremendously over the last year, though, winning by finish in all of his last three fights including a frightening KO four months ago in which he trash-talked over his opponent's concussed body.
The developing 145-pounder will be hoping to keep that momentum going at his rescheduled featherweight fight.