Photo: Aaron Pico looks absolutely shredded ahead of UFC debut
Aaron Pico is looking all-time swole ahead of his long-awaited, much-anticipated UFC debut.
Perhaps it's the lighting, but I doubt it. Like, name a more vascular-looking human than the one pictured below.
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Pico (13-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has always been in tremendous shape, but perhaps never better than right now, per a photo posted to his Instagram story Saturday.
The image, which went viral Monday, had every anonymous X user and troll hurling not-so-nice things toward Pico. Accusations of nefarious behaviors and comparisons to Michael Chandler flooded the comments. There seemed to be many more couch potato, armchair quarterbacks weighing in than concerned citizens, as is the case with most things on social media in 2025, of course.
It should be noted that while Pico competed in Bellator for his entire pro MMA career up until now, he has been drug tested and has never had an issue. A staple of Bellator cards in his native California, Pico was subject to various California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) drug tests. Thus far, under UFC anti-doping (CSAD), he's been tested once.
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Pico, 28, will look to show that he has the abilities to match his appearance when he's thrown right into the featherweight mix July 26 vs. Movsar Evloev (19-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) in Abu Dhabi.
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