It’s not often the MMA world gets dueling Bellator and UFC events on the same night, but that was the case this past Saturday. At Bellator 263, A.J. McKee (18-0 MMA, 18-0 BMMA) took out longtime featherweight champ Patricio Freire (32-5 MMA, 20-5 BMMA) in the final of the featherweight grand prix and became 145-pound champion in the process. At UFC on ESPN 28, Sean Strickland (24-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC) dominated Uriah Hall (17-10 MMA, 10-8 UFC) to move to the next level of middleweight contenders. But those two headliners weren’t the only ones making moves. What about the big finishes from Cheyanne Buys and Jared Gooden for their first UFC wins
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