A.J. McKee Is Sharpening His Soccer Kicks for Bellator-Rizin Crossover Event

McKee (19-1, 19-1 Bellator) is one of the Bellator MMA representatives who will take on Rizin Fighting Federation counterparts in the upcoming Rizin 40: Bellator MMA vs. Rizin event which will go down at the legendary Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, on Dec. 31. “Mercenary” is set to face current Rizin 155-pound titleholder Roberto Satoshi de Souza in the electrifying headliner. Ahead of the clash, McKee confessed he made a few changes to his usual training camp as his next assignment will go down under the Rizin ruleset, which allows soccer kicks, among other things. In fact, McKee sounded pretty excited to test himself in the ring, hoping to bring home a technical knockout victory using soccer kicks.

(00:00) Intro
(00:24) Preparing for De Souza
(00:41) Fighting in Japan for the first time
(01:52) Sharpening his soccer kicks
(02:13) Being a better mixed martial artist than Satoshi
(03:11) Extending his offensive arsenal
(04:00) Competing in the ring as an amateur
(04:44) Checking fighting in Japan off his bucket list
(05:22) Celebrating Christmas earlier than usual this year
(05:54) His memories from the first Bellator Italy event
(07:09) Predicting a soccer-kick finish
(07:30) Outro