LOS ANGELES – For a moment, Bellator president Scott Coker must’ve experienced déjà vu as he sat between A.J. McKee and Patricio Freire again. McKee, the reigning featherweight champion, and “Pitbull” will run it back Friday in the Bellator 277 main event at SAP Center. But before they head a few hundred miles up the coast to San Jose, the two men were in each other’s presence Monday atop the GRAMMY Museum for a news conference to kick off fight week. Things were fine – until they weren’t, although it wasn’t so bad. The last time McKee (18-0 MMA, 18-0 BMMA) and Freire (32-5 MMA, 20-5 BMMA) were in a press conference setting during Bellator 263 fight week, Coker had to restrain them to prevent a brawl from breaking out .
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