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Pico Admits His Game Might Be Very Flawed Following Sub Loss

Pico Admits His Game Might Be Very Flawed Following Sub Loss

 

 

Aaron Pico got a very rude awakening yesterday. He succumbed to a guillotine after a mere 24 seconds.

“He caught me with that uppercut, it was a nice uppercut by him,” Pico told reporters at the post-fight conference. “Obviously, taking that shot I knew that he was going to try to take me to the ground somehow, he’s strong in his jiu-jitsu. I haven’t sat down and watched the whole film, but yeah, he got me with that uppercut and his choke was good. There are things that I need to work on, but like I said, we’ll go to the drawing board with Bob [Cook] and my team and evaluate where we go next and go from here.”

“Anything can happen obviously in this sport, and I was aware of that,” Pico said. “It’s definitely a tough pill to swallow, but there was obviously a hole in my game tonight, so it is what it is. This doesn’t define me, it’s my first fight, it’s just a bump in the road and I’ll be back for sure, I’ve dealt with this before throughout my career. Everybody has lost before, so I’m not going to go home and be depressed. I know what I need to do, so I’ll take a week off and I’ll be back in the gym for sure.”

Pico confirmed his opponent stepped up to the plate when many others opted to pass:

“But hats off to Freeman, this fight was offered to a lot of people and a lot of people turned it down. Freeman is a tough guy, he was 8-2 and I’ve seen him fight, I knew this wasn’t going to be an easy task and that’s what a lot of people didn’t realize. I wasn’t coming in there like, ‘Oh, I’m going to wreck this guy.’ I mean, I trained hard for this fight, I did what I had to do, but he came out on top and that’s just how it is. This fight game is a crazy world, but I loved it, I enjoyed every minute of it. My training went well, I enjoyed my time here in New York City, but the sun is going to rise and I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing. I will be champ one day, I will be champ, it’s just my first fight and we’ll keep moving forward.”