Aaron Pico is an American mixed martial artist and former freestyle wrestler. He is currently competing in the featherweight division of Bellator MMA. Pico has experience in folkstyle, freestyle, and Greco-Roman wrestling. In addition to wrestling, Pico also competed in boxing and Pankration.
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Aaron Pico is an American mixed martial artist and former freestyle wrestler. He is currently competing in the featherweight division of Bellator MMA. Pico has experience in folkstyle, freestyle, and Greco-Roman wrestling, having won the US National championship in all 3 styles, at both the cadet and junior level. As a senior, he placed second at US Olympic Trials and holds multiple national and international championships. In addition to wrestling, Pico also competed in boxing and Pankration. He won the national PAL championship in 2008 and was national Junior Golden Gloves champion in 2009, he won ‘most outstanding boxer’ at both tournaments.
In April 2014, he signed a multi-year shoe endorsement with Nike. In November 2014, Aaron Pico signed a long term contract with Bellator and its parent company Viacom, a blue chip MMA promoter. He also won the golden cup EuropeanPankration championship in 2010, and went to Ukraine in 2010 to compete in the European Championships. In 2013, in Zrenjanin, Serbia, he was the only gold for Team USA at the tournament. He defeated Japan’s Fujinami 8–6 in the Gold medal match. In early November 2014 defeated former 2013 Senior World Champion, David Safaryan of Armenia at the 40th Annual Henri Deglane 40th in Nice, France.
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