Adam Borics co-headlines PFL Madrid against A.J. McKee Jr. this Friday in Spain, and that could be his final run for a belt at featherweight.<\/p>\n
At 32 years of age, Borics is considering a move to lightweight to get rid of \u201ca more strict diet.\u201d McKee has made that move in the past, competing at 155 pounds before going back to the division where he became champion in Bellator, but Borics doesn\u2019t expect \u201cThe Mercenary\u201d to be much bigger than him inside the PFL cage.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a big 45er too,\u201d Borics told MMA Fighting. \u201cI\u2019m thinking already for like four years to move up to 155. I think maybe this is the last year for me at 145. It\u2019s not easy to make me 145, but for him too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Borics had his chance for Bellator gold in 2022, when he lost a decision to Patricio Pitbull, and hopes to reinsert his name in the conversation for a title bout after beating Jeremy Kennedy in his most recent appearance in June 2025. Borics is now 2-1 under the PFL banner after a 9-2 career in Bellator, which includes knockouts over the likes of Aaron Pico and Pat Curran.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just need more time now to make featherweight, I need a strict diet for that,\u201d Borics said. \u201cBut I\u2019m not kind of the guy who eats shit outside of camp. I\u2019m just growing, you know? I have more muscle now every year. I just check our fights like six years ago and I was smaller, [McKee] was smaller, but we we are growing. We became a man now, so I have to change my nickname [laughs].\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Kid\u201d is now 32 years old and has 23 professional MMA fights under his belt, and believes he and McKee should already be fighting for the vacant PFL featherweight title now.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s a big fight,\u201d Borics said. \u201cThat\u2019s the biggest fight that I can get in PFL and that\u2019s what I want.\u201d<\/p>\n
With that unavailable, the Hungarian veteran feels confident that he\u2019s about to earn a title shot Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think this fight gets me for the title fight,\u201d Borics said. \u201cI think when I beat A.J., and the way I\u2019m planning to beat him, I think it puts me in a really good position.\u201d<\/p>\n
Competing in Europe for the first time since his first year in Bellator, when he scored a pair of finishes in Budapest, Borics returns more experienced and once again training in his native Hungary daydreaming about seeing Hungarian flags being waves at the Palacio Vistalegre in Madrid.<\/p>\n
Borics trained at Kill Cliff FC in Florida for a long time, but decided to build a team around him in Hungary, with Kami Barzini as head coach, after feeling \u201chomesick\u201d. On top of that, he also travelled around Europe for extra training, including weeks of preparation with McKee\u2019s recent opponent Paul Hughes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I\u2019m more professional now than ever and I\u2019m ready for that,\u201d Borics said. \u201cEverything is just all about me now. I built my own camp so everything I do, I do for a purpose. Every training session has a plan, not just doing around the class, go for wrestling class and do the same things like other guys. We build the camp specific.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was homesick. I missed Europe, I missed my country,\u201d he continued. \u201cI think I passed that age also when you had to just grind, grind, grind, grind. I learned a lot in the U.S. I\u2019m gonna be thankful forever for my team, Kill Cliff FC, my coaches Henry Hooft and everybody. I felt like personal life, it was a good decision. Also, I wanted to change my training camp a little bit because I felt like I couldn\u2019t reach what I wanted and I think it was a really good choice. I can tell you I\u2019m happier now and definitely in best shape of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adam Borics co-headlines PFL Madrid against A.J. McKee Jr. this Friday in Spain, and that could be his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,5963,7613,85],"class_list":["post-547141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-pfl","tag-pfl-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}