{"id":299677,"date":"2019-01-27T05:40:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T13:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=299677"},"modified":"2019-01-27T05:40:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T13:40:51","slug":"aaron-pico-opens-up-on-knockout-loss-to-henry-corrales-it-sucks-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/aaron-pico-opens-up-on-knockout-loss-to-henry-corrales-it-sucks-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Pico opens up on knockout loss to Henry Corrales: &#8216;it sucks bad&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aaron Pico had Henry Corrales hurt bad in the early phases of their anticipated Bellator 214 scrap. In fact, it looked as though the highly-regarded prospect was probably just a second or two away from another first-round knockout victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately for Pico, Corrales clung to his consciousness, and bringing to life every wounded animal metaphor we&#8217;ve ever heard in the fight game, fired back with a blistering punch of his own. Suddenly it was Pico on spaghetti legs, and moments later, he was unconscious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this tough knockout loss, Aaron Pico showed up at the Bellator 214 post-fight press conference to face the media. That, he says, is part of his job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s just what you do,\u201d Pico said (transcript via<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/1\/27\/18199248\/aaron-pico-reflects-on-knockout-loss-to-henry-corrales-it-sucks-bad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" MMA Fighting (opens in a new tab)\"> MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cWhen you win the media is always here, when you win. And you have to show your respect, you can\u2019t just be coming out when things are good. When the shit hits the fan, you gotta be a man.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, Aaron Pico also seems to recognize some of the mistakes he made already. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s really no excuses to make,\u201d he said. \u201cI felt good out there. My training camp went well. I hit him. I think I have so much power in my hands, I don\u2019t realize I knock people down. It happened so fast. Obviously I made a mistake by staying in the pocket too long. It\u2019s a 50\/50 chance of somebody getting knocked out. That sucks, it sucks bad. But hey, I\u2019m 22 years old, I don\u2019t have this figured out yet. It\u2019s something that needs to be slowed down for me. I need to use my wrestling a little bit more and we\u2019ll go from there. We\u2019ll go back to the drawing board.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI just need to take my time,\u201d he added later. \u201cI haven\u2019t gotten to use my wrestling because I\u2019ve been knocking all these people out, but it\u2019s a learning lesson against these veterans, they\u2019re able to endure the shots and find their spots and weather the storm a little bit.\u201d<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you think the future holds for Aaron Pico after Bellator 214?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 1\/25\/2019.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Pico had Henry Corrales hurt bad in the early phases of their anticipated Bellator 214 scrap. In fact, it looked as though the highly-regarded prospect was probably just a second or two away from another first-round knockout victory. 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