AJ McKee vs Salamat Isbulaev booked for June 27 in San Diego

AJ McKee (24-2, #2) will face Salamat Isbulaev (10-0, #6) on June 27 in San Diego. The post questions PFL's matchmaking strategy for Isbulaev, noting that in his PFL debut he was matched against #3 ranked Jesus Pinedo, whom he knocked out in the first round, yet was only ranked #6 afterward. Now Isbulaev is being given former Bellator champion McKee, one of PFL's strongest fighters, without any easier matchups for momentum-building. The author finds it unclear why Isbulaev is still ranked #6 instead of #3, and notes that while the difficult path to the title is interesting to watch, the lack of warm-up fights is puzzling.