Will Derek Campos or A.J. McKee punch ticket to grand prix semifinals?
Bellator’s featherweight grand prix tournament has been one of the promotion’s big success stories of 2019, and the competition’s quarterfinal stages kick off in Hawaii with the first matchup of the final eight, as undefeated [autotag]A.J. McKee[/autotag] takes on seasoned veteran [autotag]Derek Campos[/autotag].
It’s a matchup of new school versus old school, as the teak-tough Campos will look to hand rising star McKee the first defeat of his career and in the process progress into the final four of the tournament.
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McKee looked outstanding in his last outing as he demolished Georgi Karakhanyan in just eight seconds to surge into the quarterfinals with barely a scratch on him. Campos, meanwhile, battled all the way to the judges’ scorecards to earn a unanimous decision over two-time former featherweight champion Daniel Straus.
Will we see another virtuoso performance from McKee, or can Campos drag him into deep water and defeat him for the first time in his MMA career?