Billed "MMA's Greatest Prospect" Aaron Pico Signs with Bellator
by Chris Houten - @ChrisHoutenMMA
Billed "MMA's Greatest Prospect" by American Kickboxing Academy's Bob Cook, 18-year old Aaron Pico has been signed by Bellator.
Born in California, Aaron Pico has become quite familiar with the terms “phenom” and “prodigy”. Having already captured a captured a FILA World Championship along with prestigious national titles in boxing and pankration. While Pico’s wrestling career can be simply summed up as “dominate”, the former Junior Golden Gloves Champion considers his standup game to be most refined.
Before making his MMA debut Pico now prepares for a 2016 US Olympic run before he heads to Bellator, where the future star has inking a long-term contract with the promotion.
“When it comes to any big decision I make, I sit down with my family, my management team at Zinkin and the people that are around me that I trust,” said Pico. “We wanted an opportunity to achieve my dreams in the 2016 Olympics and transition into MMA, and when we sat down with Bellator, Viacom and Scott Coker, everything just sort of fell into place, and I couldn’t be happier to be here and be a part of the Bellator family.”
Securing a deal with for Pico early in his career is a significant acquisition for Bellator, with Bellator president Scott Coker seeing the Californian as a future superstar:
“Simply put, Aaron has all the makings of MMA’s next great superstar, and to have him here at Bellator is something special,” Strikeforce President Scott Coker stated. “Like many of us in the MMA community, Aaron is someone we’ve been watching closely over the last few years, and after sitting down with Bob Cook and his team, getting a chance to meet Aaron, and hearing his long-term aspirations, the fit became very obvious. I’m not only excited to see what Aaron is going to be able to do in our cage, but also watching him represent our country in 2016 at the Olympics.”
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