Aaron Pico, the 28-year-old American MMA fighter, was together with Kylie Chacon, his high school sweetheart, but they are no longer together.
The new UFC featherweight and then, long-term partner, Kylie welcomed their first child, Valentino, in August 2021.
Even though he has no support from his girlfriend, he shared, “We haven’t had an easy road. It’s been very tough as a family. As you know, MMA is not the easiest, and I’ve taken some hard losses. I don’t have Kylie on my team anymore. I’ve had to go through that. I’m a single dad, but thank God I have my father here and my mom to help me navigate this. And life is good.”
New Journey Awaits Aaron
Aaron’s UFC debut is scheduled for August 16, 2-25 at UFC 319 in Chicago, Illinois. He will face undefeated Featherweight, Leone Murphy, who has an MMA record of 16-0-1.
Nonetheless, Pico, too, has an impressive record of 13-4-0 in his MMA career. However, it has been a while since the MMA fighter has stepped into the ring.
He was also seen training with another UFC Veteran, Khamzat Chimaev, a few weeks before the UFC 319 event.
His original UFC debut against Movsar Evloev, which was set to be on July 26, 2025, was cancelled as the opponent withdrew due to undisclosed reasons. However, he was still happy, and it was a blessing in disguise, according to him;
“You know, if I had fought for the title, I would have been locked in. I wouldn’t have been able to go to the UFC, probably till I was 31, 32 years old. So who knows what the organization is gonna do, but on the flip side of that, in the 14 months, I really got to spend a lot of time with my family. And of course I trained, but with Valentino, it’s a crucial time with him getting older, and I went on a lot of family vacations and enjoyed life. It was a good year. I let my body heal mentally and physically. I’m like a caged animal, and I’m just ready to go out there and fight for a living.”
Aaron Pico also said his dad always reminds him to stay focused and keep going, even after those losses in MMA. That advice helped him stay on track.
Now that he’s finally in the UFC, he’s determined to prove that signing him to the UFC was the right choice.
Additional Information
- Aaron Pico made his professional MMA debut on June 24, 2017, at Bellator NYC, when he was just 20.
- Among the 13 games he has won in his MMA career, 9 have come from knockouts.
- His first opponent in UFC, Leone Murphy, has a 10-0-0 record in UFC, and is six years older than Aaron.
