{"id":392280,"date":"2021-08-15T09:04:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T16:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=392280"},"modified":"2022-04-27T13:44:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T20:44:30","slug":"scott-coker-explains-why-aj-mckee-is-the-no-1-pound-for-pound-fighter-in-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/scott-coker-explains-why-aj-mckee-is-the-no-1-pound-for-pound-fighter-in-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Coker explains why AJ McKee is the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bellator president Scott Coker explained why the promotion&#8217;s 145lbs champion AJ McKee is the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in MMA right now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/pros-react-after-a-j-mckee-submits-patricio-freire-at-bellator-263\/\">McKee recently finished Patricio Pitbull in the main event of Bellator 263 to become the promotion&#8217;s new 145lbs champion<\/a>, as well as the winner of the $1 million dollar grand prize for winning the Bellator World Featherweight Grand Prix. Just 26 years old, McKee is now a perfect 18-0 in MMA. it&#8217;s the longest undefeated streak for a fighter in a major MMA promotion, and as far as McKee&#8217;s boss Coker goes, it proves that he&#8217;s among the best.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media following Friday&#8217;s Bellator 264 card, Coker was asked about where he sees McKee among the very best fighters in the world. As far as Coker goes, he believes that McKee has an argument to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do (think he\u2019s the best in the world). I mean, who\u2019s going to beat him? Who\u2019s going to beat this kid? I mean, he\u2019s that good. When I first saw him fight years ago, I saw something in this kid. I saw potential in him. He had a little swagger, the gift of gab \u2013 he had that \u2018it\u2019 factor, and he\u2019s developed into a big star. The way he fought \u2018Pitbull,\u2019 it\u2019s very rare you see such a dominant performance in such a big fight like that. It was his night,&#8221; Coker said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2021\/08\/bellator-scott-coker-aj-mckee-world-best-pound-for-pound-fighter-ufc-mma-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>McKee&#8217;s next title defense will come against the winner of the upcoming featherweight bout between Adam Borics and Jay Jay Wilson. He will be looking to improve to 19-0 with a win in that fight as he continues to show the MMA community that he&#8217;s one of the best fighters.<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with Scott Coker that AJ McKee is the No. 1 P4P fighter in MMA?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bellator president Scott Coker explained why the promotion&#8217;s 145lbs champion AJ McKee is the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in MMA right now. McKee recently finished Patricio Pitbull in the main event of Bellator 263 to become the promotion&#8217;s new 145lbs champion, as well as the winner of the $1 million dollar grand prize for winning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54474,"featured_media":384533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[28377,44,10122],"tags":[],"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>Scott Coker explains why AJ McKee is the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in MMA | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bellator president Scott Coker explained why the promotion&#039;s 145lbs champion AJ McKee is the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in MMA right now.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/scott-coker-explains-why-aj-mckee-is-the-no-1-pound-for-pound-fighter-in-mma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scott Coker explains why AJ McKee is the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in MMA | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bellator president Scott Coker explained why the promotion&#039;s 145lbs champion AJ McKee is the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in MMA right now.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/scott-coker-explains-why-aj-mckee-is-the-no-1-pound-for-pound-fighter-in-mma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-15T16:04:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-27T20:44:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Scott-Coker-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adam Martin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adam Martin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/scott-coker-explains-why-aj-mckee-is-the-no-1-pound-for-pound-fighter-in-mma\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/scott-coker-explains-why-aj-mckee-is-the-no-1-pound-for-pound-fighter-in-mma\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Adam Martin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/9121c55977ac5a06bcfc98f34d32d920\"},\"headline\":\"Scott Coker explains why AJ McKee is the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in MMA\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-15T16:04:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-27T20:44:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/scott-coker-explains-why-aj-mckee-is-the-no-1-pound-for-pound-fighter-in-mma\/\"},\"wordCount\":326,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"A.J. 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