Pico's career has been incredibly unlucky

[MerAndre DvalishFili]

To be fair, that was a pretty clean spinning elbow he got clipped with

Seriously lol. His chin might be suspect but that elbow would knock out a moose

 

[Tornikidou]

He's Muscle Milk Mike, but better (x1) everywhere, but (x2) with even less defense, but (x3) even with a worse chin.

 

[Al Tair]

The only redeeming quality about Pico is that he has managed to fool the world he is fit to beat a top 5 ufc fighter and skewing the odds for plus money.

He mentioned in an interview that Illia Topuria's boxing is not on his level

 

[chiefwiggum]

He's looked good against guys that aren't really that great themselves and that's it. Dude took 2 rounds to finish Adlii Edwards, who sucked.

He didn't look good tonight. He was wading in with dumb punches and then eventually waded right into a KO.

Send him back to Bellator with Patchy, Pitbull, and MVP.

Dumb punches? You will never see a better left hook to
The body in the history of the sport He was visibly hurting lerone

 

[chiefwiggum]

Bellator signed a guy who had lost two of his last three on the regional circuit to face Pico in his first fight. That guy hit him with a sloppy telegraphed uppercut nearly knocking him the fuck out then guillotined him all in 24 seconds. LOL

This beast

That guy was tough as hell that kight

 

[SamuraiBro]

Yeah people shit on Chandler for being chinny, but he’s never been out cold stiff 3 times.

 

[xhaydenx]

Dumb punches? You will never see a better left hook to
The body in the history of the sport He was visibly hurting lerone

If they're not working and they're getting you hurt like that by a decision fighter, then they can't be too good a punches.

His style just isn't good.

 

[Roids]

Look at the replay and now clumsily he plods forward into that elbow. He has poor natural fighting instinct. He is just a well trained athlete.

 

[jnes]

Curious to see where he goes from here. Probably needs a year off and someone just outside the rankings, if he loses that he should call it quits.

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

It's kind of funny that he's reverted back to being kind of a glass-cannon (though it's not really his chin and more his recklessness that gets him killed) because he's in the UFC now.

Towards the end in Bellator he was being way more methodical finally and breaking guys down with wrestling and control to gas them before he'd open up on the feet if necessary. But he also was fighting a way lower tier of fighter at that time.

To decide to be a Michael Chandler type fighter isn't the worst decision for his bank account, the UFC brass are probably happy with this performance and will keep him in action-fights against elite opponents. But just like with Chandler this isn't going to work out very well for his brain.

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

Look at the replay and now clumsily he plods forward into that elbow. He has poor natural fighting instinct. He is just a well trained athlete.

It's not really "poor natural fighting instinct" per say, it's that he is one of those fighters that is entirely offensive or defensive, he can't really modulate to make reads once he's engaged.

Once he's decided he's pressuring he's just doing it and looking to land power strikes with no regard for what's coming back at him.

This lets him steamroll guys sometimes because they can't handle the pressure and wilt or get blasted, and other times it lets him walk himself face-first into counters.

Most fighters aren't going to be Anderson Silva in the pocket, it's actually kind of standard for fighters to not be able to modulate. But most fighters also won't be confident/deluded enough to recklessly move forward in straight lines consistently.

I'd say his big problem is that his timing/range/attacks become predictable for elite fighters to make reads on, he doesn't know how to dial the offense or defense up and down, it's just all or nothing both ways.

 

[Ramon Antonio]

I don't see how a 13-4 guy can be considered a 'prodigy' to begin with (before this fight). Dude got finished 4 times before.

 

[snugglecakes]

he wasn't even good in bellator. He crushed cans and lost to any half meaningful opponent

 

[Oblivian]

He didn't look good tonight, he was over-pressuring, throwing super wide hooks with his hands down, and not moving his head after throwing. He's not UFC caliber. I do agree though that his career was completely rushed.

I've noticed this for a while with him. It obviously works against a lot of competition, but he needs to be more measured against better competition. He almost has a spaz like quality without the movement though. A guy like Merab pressures a ton, but he moves a lot laterally too and has a shitload of head movement. Pico comes straight in way too often.

 

[deanambrose]

Yeah, so are Shabazyans, Munizs or let's say Jimmy Crute's... no. They are just no that skilled.

 

[VirginNose]

When you ask AI the definition of a "glass cannon" it will show you a picture of Aaron Pico

 

[Fled Nanders]

Is it unlucky to be repeatedly matched against better fighters?

 

[EdmundHeng]

I want Pico to fight Josh Emmett next. He's gonna get smashed even worse.

 

[Hitdepruns]

The we all complain about "boring" fighters. The guy is a beast.

 

[volcom5]

I don't see how a 13-4 guy can be considered a 'prodigy' to begin with (before this fight). Dude got finished 4 times before.

Because he had credentials in skills that everyone thought would adapt well into MMA, the problem is he isn’t even using the skillset that he’s actually very talented in & was hyped beating cans, like many fighters outside the UFC, it’s some type of weird obsession where people put a lot of faith in them to spite Dana & UFC claiming the best fighters are there: