Antonio De Carlo McKee Jr.[1] (born April 7, 1995) is an American professional mixed martial artist.
[2] McKee graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School where he joined the wrestling team.
He is coached by his father Antonio McKee and currently trains out of Body Shop Fitness, with the likes of Bubba Jenkins and Emanuel Newton.
[3] In his professional mixed martial arts and promotional debut, McKee faced Marcos Bonilla at Bellator 136 on April 10, 2015.
[8] He secured his third first-round finish, after a knee and follow-up punches to his hurt opponent prompted a stoppage.
[15] For his third fight in 2016, McKee was scheduled to face a two-time title contender Emmanuel Sanchez at Bellator 166 on December 2, 2016.
[43] McKee won the fight via neck crank submission in round one, thus moving on to the Featherweight Grand Prix final.
[49] He lost the close bout and the title via unanimous decision, marking the first defeat of his professional career.
[50] Moving up to Lightweight for the first time in his career, McKee faced Spike Carlyle on October 1, 2022, at Bellator 286.
[51] At weigh ins, Carlyle missed weight, coming .6 pounds over the division non-title fight limit at 156.6 lbs and was fined 20% of his purse and the bout continued at catchweight.
[54] Although there were many submission attempts made by de Souza, McKee had more offense and won the bout by unanimous decision.
[60] However, on July 26, it was announced McKee had pulled out of the bout due to an injury, and that he was replaced by Roberto de Souza.
[62] Despite being on the bottom for most of the bout, McKee was able to inflict enough damage on Outlaw via the use of elbows to win the unanimous decision.
[65][66] McKee faced Paul Hughes on October 19, 2024 at PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants.