AJ McKee
USAAJ McKee, “The Mercenary”, is a Lightweight from the United States with an official record of 24-2. Cage Brothers holds 27 of those bouts: 25 wins and 2 losses, the wins coming 6 by knockout, 8 by submission and 11 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision win over Salamat Isbulaev at PFL San Diego: McKee vs. Isbulaev on 28 June 2026, the third win in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | Salamat Isbulaev | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | PFL San Diego: McKee vs. Isbulaev |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Adam Borics | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | PFL Madrid: Van Steenis vs. Edwards 2 |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Akhmed Magomedov | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | PFL Champions Series Cape Town: Eblen vs. van Steenis |
| Oct 19, 2024 | Paul Hughes | LOSS | DECDecision - Split | R3 · 5:00 | PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants - Ngannou vs. Ferreira |
| Feb 24, 2024 | Clay Collard | WIN | SUBTriangle Choke With Armbar | R1 · 1:10 | PFL Champions vs. Bellator Champions |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Sidney Outlaw | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 301: Amosov vs. Jackson |
| Dec 31, 2022 | Roberto de Souza | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator MMA vs. Rizin |
| Oct 1, 2022 | Spike Carlyle | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 286: Pitbull vs. Borics |
| Apr 15, 2022 | Patricio PitbullTitle | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R5 · 5:00 | Bellator 277: McKee vs. Pitbull 2 |
| Jul 31, 2021 | Patricio PitbullTitle | WIN | SUBGuillotine Choke | R1 · 1:57 | Bellator 263: Pitbull vs. McKee |
| Nov 20, 2020 | Darrion Caldwell | WIN | SUBNeck Crank | R1 · 1:11 | Bellator 253: Caldwell vs. McKee |
| Dec 22, 2019 | Derek Campos | WIN | SUBArmbar | R3 · 1:08 | Bellator 236: Macfarlane vs. Jackson |
| Sep 28, 2019 | Georgi Karakhanyan | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 0:08 | Bellator 228: Pitbull vs. Archuleta |
| May 11, 2019 | Pat Curran | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 221: Chandler vs. Pitbull |
| Dec 14, 2018 | Daniel Crawford | WIN | SUBSubmission (Anaconda Choke) | R1 · 3:19 | Bellator 212: Primus vs. Chandler 2 |
| Sep 21, 2018 | John Teixeira | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 1:09 | Bellator 205: McKee vs. Teixeira |
| Apr 13, 2018 | Justin Lawrence | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 197: Chandler vs. Girtz |
| Nov 10, 2017 | Brian Moore | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R3 · 4:14 | Bellator 187: McKee vs. Moore |
| Aug 25, 2017 | Blair Tugman | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 182: Koreshkov vs. Njokuani |
| Apr 21, 2017 | Dominic Mazzotta | WIN | KOKO | R1 · 1:15 | Bellator 178: Straus vs. Freire 4 |
| Jan 27, 2017 | Brandon Phillips | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 171: Guillard vs. Njokuani |
| Dec 2, 2016 | Ray Wood | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 166: Dantas vs. Warren 2 |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Cody Walker | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R2 · 0:32 | Bellator 160: Henderson vs. Freire |
| Apr 16, 2016 | Danilo Belluardo | WIN | KOTKO | R1 · 2:44 | Bellator 152: Freire vs. Souza |
| Dec 4, 2015 | JT Donaldson | WIN | KOKO | R1 · 3:19 | Bellator 147: Thomson vs. Villaseca |
| Aug 28, 2015 | James Barnes | WIN | KOKO | R1 · 1:42 | Bellator 141: Guillard vs. Girtz |
| Apr 10, 2015 | Marcos Bonilla | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · 2:08 | Bellator 136: Brooks vs. Jansen |
Wins, losses and draws are AJ McKee’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 27 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
AJ McKee’s record, in numbers
AJ McKee’s official record is 24-2. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 27 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 25 wins, 2 losses — because the history we hold carries 1 more bout than the official record lists.
The 25 wins break down as 6 by knockout, 8 by submission and 11 by decision — 14 of 25 inside the distance, a finish rate of 56%. Across all 27 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 9 minutes 29 seconds.
AJ McKee has never been stopped in the 27 bouts on file; all 2 losses went to a decision. The last 3 bouts on file are all wins.
Of the 27 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 2 were for a title and 7 were the main event of the card. Four of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 621 Lightweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, AJ McKee has a finish rate above 33% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 85% of them and a two-year bout count above 88% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
AJ McKee is listed at 5ft 10in with a reach of 73in, fights southpaw and is 31, born 7 April 1995.
These figures are recomputed from AJ McKee’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.