Anthony Pettis: If I was Ben Henderson, I wouldn't want to fight me either

Ben set himself up for that one. I cringed when I saw his interview on Saturday night.

I hope Benson Taekwondo Kick the face of Petis with his massive legs, to make him pay for that.



Im sure that Benson can also "Clean & Press" Pettis above his head ,and slam him on the mat ! lmao

Pettis vs. Guillard?

Guillard coming off a knockdown/submission loss to Lauzon.

Pettis coming off a 1minute high-kick knock out win on Lauzon.



I'm not sure its necessary to make further comments.

It's really not. You said it perfectly.

Ummm no! That fight really makes no sense right now, Guillard shouldn't even be mentioned in the tittle picture right now he is on a two fight losing streak losing to Joe Lauzon and Jim Miller both by submission in the 1st round, I think a fight with George sotiropoulos makes more sense because both are on two fight losing streaks and both were knocked out of the 155 tittle picture....

What Pettis doesn't realize is that if he's given a title shot and he somehow wins it, Guida can easily say the same and off course have his own chance to win the belt and I'm sure many more people that have wins over Guida will follow the trend.. because Guida dominated him more than he did against Benderson. Only thing I agree with is that he was a bad match-up for Ben but IMO we may not get the same result if they meet again,

Guida didnt dominate Pettis, if judges knew how to judge, they would of had Pettis as the winner.

Let me just say this.... If i got humilliated. Literally put to shame by catching a showtime kick dead in my face like Bendo did, lost the belt and truly believed i got robbed (like Bendo did cause it was even in the cards until the kick). I WOULD WANNA FIGHT THAT MOTHER****ER... i don't care if he was on a 5 fight losing streak.



Now Pettis had one hole in his game which was his wrestling (which became clear he fixed when he fought Stevens) He now got a highlight reel knock out victory over Lauzon (who was making a case to become the next nr1 contender). Pettis took him out and made it look like he didnt belong in the same octagon with him. Diaz would be next in line for a title shot but he's tied up with Jim Miller MONTHS from now. Which would mean Benson would have to sit out 7 to 8 months to fight again which makes NO SENSE whatsoever. Jim Miller got destroyed by Benson, so he has no case...



Benson - Pettis 2 just makes more sense than anything else. He's next in line, you just can't deny that. I don't care what Benson says.



I'm a Benson fan myself but don't be scared homie.. Pettis had no problem with handling Benson's wrestling in the first fight. His TDD was FINE !! so stop making excuses and SCRAP !!!!

Gotta disagree with you there Dave about Pettis winning, but I will agree that getting a takedown and riding out position is definitely not dominating.

I mean its been a while since ive seen that fight, but who was threating more to finish that fight, If I recall it was Pettis, Guida just layed on top of him and gave him shoulder bumps the entire fight. The only effective thing Guida did was lay on top of Pettis, Pettis was threatining with submissions the entire fight.

and you should be the judge..

I could do alot better of a job than some of the current judges, If I were ring side, and that was my one and only job for the nite.

I'll put in a good word for you 8))

Pettis is tryna talk some dirt to get that title shot. Good move marketiing wise, but he does come off as full of himself. Considering Bendo's last loss though, why wouldn't pettis have something to say?

Ben didn't say Pettis isn't ready. He just thought Miller/Diaz were closer to a title shot. Anthony Pettis is in my opinion a great example of the ufc hype machine. He lost to Guida (30-27), SD against Stephens and now he wins one fight and he is the #1 contender.

UFC is trying to built him up, because they have a history and he has a nice highlight reel.

"He's going to handle his business. I'm sure he'll get two or three more wins, maybe highlight reel wins, maybe sturdy wins against solid wrestlers where he can show and work on his take down defense or whatever."



What does that sound like to you? 2-3 more wins, work on his TD defense? Sounds like he's saying he isn't ready to me.

wiki pedia suggests otherwise ;)

considering he was told by dana white that he was "guaranteed" a title shot when he came into the ufc because he was the champion of wec. then he was screwed out of that fight because gray "felt" that he beat frankie. i'd say these last wins warrant a title shot.

If not that, then he's definitely trying to build a case as to why he shouldn't have to fight Anthony Pettis.

are you saying Bendo is Scared? Homie?

In the absence of a true ranking system this is how you get a title shot.

If they would go to a formal ranking system the sports credibility would rise even faster and level the playing field. Im afraid their fighter marketing is actually keeping us from seeing the best fighters there are.

How many guys are in line that are natural fighters but struggle to even be seen? Chael Sonnen flew under the radar forever because the UFC didnt think he was marketable hahahah yea right.

How many others just appeared and did well?

I am referring to how long a talented guy takes to get noticed, secondly I wasnt arguing with anyone. Certainly not your weak azz

jamesmma, you are under arrest.

Thats what I should do since you just "sharped" yourself.

Nothing is so complicated that a mathematical formula cannot be applied.

Drop your bottle and step away from the weed - you sir are obviously intoxicated.

No sense conversing Bruce this guy thinks he knows everything. douchebag

except the BCS

Showtime needs one more win... Have him fight Gray

amazing

No reason not to make this fight. I thought Anthony won the last fight clearly, and could beat him again.



Miller-Diaz is still a month away (and really the winner there shouldnt be in front of pettis). Gray hasnt fought since his loss to Frankie. Guida hasnt fought since his loss to Ben. Frankie is more deserving, but that would ne the third straight immediate rematch in the LW division.



Pettis makes the most sense.

It wasn't even up until the matrix kick. Even if you had the rounds even up until the fifth (which I did not), Anthony was doing everything he wanted the last round. Landing hard counters, crushing knees when Ben was shooting sloppily. He got taken down for about 20 seconds only to get back to his feet easily. Then he landed the kick, and rode out the rest of the round trying to take Ben's back and landing some soft punches. It could theoretically be a 10-8 round, which I didn't score but it secured the fight although he should have already been up.



Ben has looked more dominant, but he hasn't fought somebody like Pettis since. Bocek is a grappling-centric fighter. The same with Jim Miller. Edgar is more well-rounded then Pettis, but doesn't have as much fight ending power to keep Ben on his heels.



On top of that if you say you think Pettis won against Guida, then that means he's 2-0 since entering the UFC after beating Ben. Ben is 4-0, coming in off his loss to Pettis. Ben has beaten better competition, but Jeremy Stephens is no slouch as his last 6 fights he's 4-2 with 2 split decision losses (and a garbage split decision win against Stout that he was dominant in), and Joe Lauzon who he dominated worse than any UFC fighter has before right after Joe was coming in off of a career best win over the top 6 or 7 (at the time) Guillard.



Nate Diaz as a next title challenger would be awesome (can't ever hate on a Diaz brother), but having Jim fight Ben again would be stupid. He would only have 2 wins coming off of a dominant loss against Ben, and one of those guys was Guillard who had just lost in more of a devastating fashion to Joe Lauzon a few months prior (whom Pettis just destroyed). So no, if miller wins he should definitely not get the shot above Pettis. As for Diaz, I'd be fine with it, but that would mean waiting even longer for Ben to defend the title. Pettis and Ben are coming off the same event both relatively injury free. If they both agree, the match can be made by summer.



Guillard doesn't belong in the contender fight discussion at the moment considering he has 2 straight losses.

Pettis vs Melendez anyone?

Shiitttt I'd love that too. How bout Gilbert vs Gray?

I think they are waiting on Melendez, I have a feeling the UFC knows he will turn that division upside down and they are cashing in on what they've put together so far, cant interrupt the cash flow.

I dont think Ive ever felt the need to reply to every single comment posted so STFU man.

And if Nate or Melendez takes a belt, I'm going to tattoo their name on your azz.

ok boy genuis, since these fights havent happened yet and you seem to have a crystal ball and beyond that tell everyone they are wrong.

Yo keep mentioning excuses? WTF are you talking about? Excuses for what? You shall receive no more replies from me you mental pygmy.

Pettis does not make the most sense, I'm sorry.

Who does then?

Responded.

i dont know really, i just dont think pettis is the one, i think a few fights need to play out first to make the choice of a contender...



melendez though would be a good choice just due to the hype it could produce, with champion vs champion.

The thing is Melendez has been the most valid ufc title challenger for over a year at least. Theyre just not gonna make that fight happen.

Melendez can't come to the UFC. They're are a lot of legal obstacles that make it nearly impossible until the deal with showtime is over.

... anytime soon that is.

Styles make fights.... Pettis > Ben Henderson until proven otherwise... Henderson belt is on borrowed time... Nate Diaz, and Showtime Pettis is coming for that Gold...

I dont think any of them can stand and trade with Nate and they better watchout if it hits the ground. Nates coming into his own and hes figuring things out.

gray maynard dominate him on the ground for 3 rounds... and cerrone dropped him with leg kicks like 10 times. if cerrone had followed the game plan and followed him to the ground instead of trying to box with him he could had won that fight. i think bendo and pettis could do that and will be tough matchups for nate. also frankie being to quick on his feet and good with his takedowns. even melendez (i know they wont fight) could be on top of him for 3 rounds.

watch his fight against rory mcdonald and you will see how to defeat nate diaz

IMO he is great and i think he could defeat miller but he could have big problems with the top 5 lightweights

Nate went down a class right after the Rory fight, it was clear he was in the wrong division, he was thrown around. Havent seen anything close to that since he went to LW

This is true, and I'm very anxious to see how he does against Miller considering I think Miller will try to take it to the ground as quick as possible.

Gray and Nate barely hit the ground. Maynard made sure to stay away from him the entire fight (although that was the fight his striking started to look much improved in, Gray that is).



I think Ben could cause him a lot of trouble on the ground considering he is next to impossible to submit, and has exceptional wrestling. Frankie I see just playing his game too well against Nate (meaning it could very well be quite boring).

I think Ben would like to defend the belt a couple of times first due to Pettis being his last loss but I feel he sells himself short if he is nervous about that fight. I believe Ben has progressed further since then and he would beat Pettis this time around. I have never seen such cardio.

Agreed on the cardio. How a guy can continue to add so much muscle mass while cutting weight, and raising his cardio is beyond me.

Frankie deserves a rematch. Gray got 3 shots at it.



Miller/Diaz winner v Pettis; then title shot for that winner.



Guida v Gray for #1 contender after that.



*If Gil comes in there, then he should have 1-2 fights, then title shot if he gets the W's, IMO. There is just too many solid fighters that in any other promotion would be w/ a belt right now. Most stacked division in UFC/world.

I don't necessarily disagree about Frankie, but I doubt it will happen. Gray only got 2 shots at it. He fought Frankie three times, but only for the title twice.

Gray also had a draw in one of those fights for the belt, so the immediate rematch is almost guaranteed.

I think Henderson was saying it because Pettis hasn't really earned his way back to a title shot. He lost to a top 10 guy and got 2 wins over non top 10 guys and thinks he deserves a title shot. Ben Henderson lost a close decision to Pettis in WEC and had 3 fights on his way back to the title 2 of them against top 10 guys. If Lauzon would have won would he have gotten a title shot? NO. Yet he actually has a top 10 win on his resume. Pettis is trying to trash talk his way to a title based off his history with Henderson and impressive KO.

Joe Lauzon could have easily been considered top 10 when he fought him. He just got a first round submission win over Guillard when he was easily top 8 if not top 5.



If Lauzon would have won like he did against Guillard, he very well might have gotten the shot.

@jamesmma



troll of the year.

@ jamesmma = weak



Frankie needs 2 more fights to be a contender? Gray was deserving of a rematch?...and threematch?



You want Guillard to be a contender? the same guy who lost 2 of 3 fights? 1 to Miller and 1 to JLau (contenders)...who did Melvin beat? Oh yeah, Roller (never a contender) and Dunham (also not a contender). I can't recall...who did Guillard lose to prior to those 2...hmm...Ohhhhh it was Diaz. The same guy you want Guillard to rematch? But Frankie doesn't deserve a rematch but Guillard does w/ Diaz/Miller? Then you want Guillard to fight Pettis?! You're as dumb as it gets. Isn't Pettis the guy who gave Henson his most recent loss? Isn't Diaz the same guy who has the most strikes landed in any UFC fight ever? Miller who fought Benson w/ mononucleosis?



Gatekeeper> Guillard



You're an idiot.

on a roll against who? Roller and Dunham...lmfao. Not rolling against true contenders. That's for fuggin sure.

Dunham was a top ten fighter when Guillard beat him.

contender, IMO, is not a top ten, it's a top 2 or 3.

Dunham was as much of a contender as miller or Diaz is now going into the Guillard fight.

yep, even NATE beat melvin

i used to love pettis in the WEC but hes been getting ****y as hell lately. Ben seems to have went into overdrive seen coming to the UFC, the same cant be said for pettis who almost lost to stephens one fight prior. I think ben would finish pettis in the rematch

if you look at the timeframe pettis and henderson just fough and would be ready faster than be waiting for diaz/miller fight which takes place in may.

after that matchup they will need to take some time off, and the LW division has already been stuck with injuries and rematches.

so give pettis the title shot and the winner of that meets winner of Diaz/Miller...

You use logic fine sir. I like it.

Definitely agree, it is as simple as that. They're both healthy, lets keep em active. There is one small dilema however. If Nate/Jim is supposed to be a #1 contender fight, and Jim wins, what happens? I would be fine giving him the shot, but only if Pettis takes the belt from Bendo. That fight (Bendo/Pettis) would take place a few months after Jim/Nate so the LW division could be left in a tricky spot.



There are so many top guys at LW that seem only a fight or two away from a title shot, so the best thing to do it keep the champion active OR do a tournament. I really hope that's what the UFC is planning on doing. A LW tournament would be insane.

it doesn't matter if he was meant to unify the belts anymore, he chose to fight and he lost, yes he lost - if you liked guidas style or not, and hasn't fought anyone top5 (or top8) since that, defeating J-Lo to get a titleshot is just ridiculous in the most stacked division in the world.