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Bellator featherweight champion A.J. McKee has revealed the price that is needed for him to stay in the promotion.<\/p>\n

‘Mercenary’ is coming off a victory<\/a> over Patricio Pitbull last July. The victory saw him win Bellator featherweight gold, as well as the promotion’s 145-pound Grand Prix. He’s now set to rematch the former champion this Friday at Bellator 277<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Traditionally, when fighters win gold, they get a new contract with the promotion. However, that’s not the case for McKee. The Bellator featherweight champion has revealed that he’s on the same contract that he had as a challenger. Furthermore, he has no plans to renew his deal either.<\/p>\n

A.J. McKee discussed his situation on The MMA Hour<\/em> with Ariel Helwani. The 27-year-old revealed that unless he gets $1 million per fight (what he got for winning the Grand Prix), he won’t re-sign. He also noted that he only has three fights left on his current deal with Bellator.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey did [try to re-sign me]. I had already fought previously for a million dollars. I feel I should never have to see anything under a million dollars again, especially with the achievements I\u2019ve accomplished. Every time I step in that cage, there\u2019s an \u2018O\u2019 on my record. For me to go backwards, anything under a million, I feel it\u2019s just not reasonable. We were at like [$500K] but it\u2019s not appetizing to me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

A.J. McKee continued, \u201cThere\u2019s been nothing re-signed so currently championship clause, three fights [remaining]. It doesn\u2019t specify specifically [how long the contract lasts] so it\u2019s normally about six months per fight, a year and a half [left]. A year and a half but I\u2019ve got other things going on outside of that, all kinds of other stuff.\u201d (h\/t MMAFighting<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

What do you think about A.J. McKee’s comments? Do you want to see him fight in Bellator or the UFC?<\/p>\n

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Bellator featherweight champion A.J. McKee has revealed the price that is needed for him to stay in the promotion. ‘Mercenary’ is coming off a victory over Patricio Pitbull last July. The victory saw him win Bellator featherweight gold, as well as the promotion’s 145-pound Grand Prix. He’s now set to rematch the former champion this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54493,"featured_media":391500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[28377,44],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nA.J. McKee reveals that he's turned down Bellator contract extension, wants $1 million per fight to stay with promotion | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bellator featherweight champion A.J. 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