Although the fight finally arrives this Saturday at Bellator 286, featherweight Jeremy Kennedy (17-3, 1NC) wasn’t entirely sure he’d get his fight with Aaron Pico re-booked. The pair had been scheduled to face off earlier this year, only for injury to take Kennedy out of it. The match-up staying together was not a given. A lot of that had to do with the status of A.J. McKee, and whether he’d pursue a third fight with Patricio Pitbull. While McKee initially expressed his disinterest, Kennedy told Cageside Press in an exclusive interview that the former champ came around on that front.…