A.J.
McKee will square off against Sidney
Outlaw in a lightweight grand prix alternate bout at
Bellator 301.
ESPN was first to report the pairing. Bellator 301 takes place
at Wintrust Arena in Chicago on Nov. 17 and is headlined by a
welterweight title clash between Yaroslav
Amosov and Jason
Jackson. The event also features a 155-pound grand prix
semifinal pitting Patricky
Freire against Alexandr
Shabliy.
McKee was originally supposed to compete in the bracket but was
forced to withdraw from a quarterfinal matchup against Freire due
to injury. The former Bellator featherweight king is 2-0 since
moving to lightweight, with victories against Spike
Carlyle and Roberto
Satoshi de Souza to his credit.
Outlaw, meanwhile, has been victorious in 12 of his last 14
professional outings. Most recently, the 31-year-old Dante Rivera
BJJ product outpointed Islam
Mamedov at Bellator 298. His only setbacks during that stretch
have come at the hands of Tofiq
Musayev and Michael
Chandler.A.J. McKee vs Sidney Outlaw