{"id":290578,"date":"2018-11-07T13:01:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T21:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=290578"},"modified":"2018-11-08T07:10:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T15:10:00","slug":"breaking-aaron-pico-to-return-on-january-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/breaking-aaron-pico-to-return-on-january-26\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING | Aaron Pico to return on January 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of MMA&#8217;s best overall prospects, Bellator featherweight Aaron Pico has set the world on fire. Now he will be making his return to the cage on Jan. 26.<\/p>\n<p>Sources confirmed the news with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> earlier today. The card is set to take place at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Pico&#8217;s opponent is expected to be Henry Corrales.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(He) is excited to fight again here at home,&#8221; the source told BJPENN.com.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>*Update: The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/boxing\/la-sp-bellator-pico-20181107-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LATimes<\/a> has confirmed the report.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Sources tell me that Aaron Pico will be fighting Jan 26 at the Forum, the card is headlined with Fedor vs Bader. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bellator?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bellator<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cole Shelton (@ColeShelton91) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColeShelton91\/status\/1060255891713339393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>BREAKING: Sources tell me that Aaron Pico will be fighting Jan 26 at the Forum. The card is headlined with Fedor vs Bader. #Bellator<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Currently, the only fight on the card is the main event matchup between Fedor Emelianenko and light heavyweight champion Ryan Bader in the finals of Bellator&#8217;s heavyweight Grand Prix. Adding Pico to the card just adds another draw to the event that will be going up against UFC 233 that takes place just miles away.<\/p>\n<p>Pico last fought at Bellator 206 where <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/bellator-206-results-aaron-pico-finishes-leandro-higo-in-round-1-video\/\">he defeated Leandro Higo in the first round by TKO<\/a>. The 22-year-old phenom is currently 4-1 as a professional and riding a four-fight winning streak. Pico has won all his fights by TKO or knockout in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Arguably the top prospect in all of MMA, Pico has continued to get better with every fight. With that, Pico could be one to two fights away from a title shot.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;If I win with no injuries and it is a great fight and I do what I need to do if I can fight right away then for sure,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-aaron-pico-plans-to-take-out-leandro-higo-continue-march-toward-bellator-title\/\">Pico told BJPENN.com<\/a> before his fight against Higo at Bellator 206, &#8220;I am always open to fighting if I am healthy. I just have to see with the organization because there is so much going on immediately after the fight with the cards and fights being booked. Yeah, I would love to fight again more time [before the end of the year]. The main thing is to\u00a0stay healthy and get through this fight and when it is also said and done.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Obviously, Pico did not meet his goal of fighting before the end of the year. However, he is fighting early enough in the year that fighting four times in 2019 is a realistic goal.<\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 11\/7\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of MMA&#8217;s best overall prospects, Bellator featherweight Aaron Pico has set the world on fire. Now he will be making his return to the cage on Jan. 26. Sources confirmed the news with BJPenn.com earlier today. The card is set to take place at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Pico&#8217;s opponent is expected to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":285887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[29859,44],"tags":[39617],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING | Aaron Pico to return on January 26 | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of MMA&#039;s best overall prospects, Bellator featherweight Aaron Pico has set the world on fire. 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