A.J. McKee (image via Bellator/YouTube)

By FCF Staff

A.J. McKee remains undefeated, after ending Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire’s reign at featherweight tonight at Bellator 263

The rising star rocked Freire with a head kick in the opening round, and after dropping the renowned fighter, McKee (18-0) secured a standing, guillotine choke. After Freire (32-5) appeared to go limp, the fight was stopped, and it looked like the latter disagreed with the stoppage.

The bout was also the finals of Bellator’s featherweight grand prix, and as a result, McKee also secured a $1,000,000 check.

Here are the complete results for Bellator 263, which took place at The Forum in Inglewood, California.

A.J. McKee def. Patricio Freire via technical submission (guillotine choke) R1, 1:57
Mads Burnell def. Emmanuel Sanchez via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Usman Nurmagomedov def. Manny Muro via TKO (knee and punches) R1, 3:30
Islam Mamedov def. Brent Primus via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Goiti Yamauchi def. Chris Gonzalez via TKO (punches) R1, 3:03
Vanessa Porto def. Ilara Joanne via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Gadzhi Rabadanov def. Daniel Carey via knockout (punches) R1, 3:57
Khasan Magomedsharipov def. Jonathan Quiroz via TKO (ground-and-pound) R2, 4:21
Joshua Jones def. Johnny Cisneros via TKO (ground-and-pound) R2, 4:15
Georgi Karakhanyan def. Kiefer Crosbie via submission (arm-triangle choke) R1, 4:25
Brian Moore def. Jordan Winski via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-26)