Anthony Pettis: I'm going to be Champion, it's only a matter of time
Posted on October 4, 2011, 10:45 PM by Trent ReinsmithAnthony Pettis has been on a bit of a rollercoaster ride over the last 10 months. On December 16, 2010 he captured the WEC lightweight championship from Ben Henderson, punctuating the victory with a stunning off the cage head kick that has become known as the “Showtime Kick.”
Following that fight the WEC was absorbed by the UFC and Pettis was placed at the head of the line to fight for the UFC lightweight title. At the time, the plan was for Pettis to meet the winner of the January 1 bout between UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar and his challenger, Gray Maynard.
However there was a problem with that plan as the two fought to a draw and soon after they were scheduled for a rematch, leaving Pettis out in the cold.
Pettis then signed to fight Clay Guida, a fight he lost by unanimous decision. Even though the fight with Guida was only the second loss of his 15 fight career, in a division as stacked as the UFC lightweight division, one loss can drop a fighter a few rungs down the title shot ladder.
Pettis is fully aware of where he currently stands in the lightweight pecking order and when he meets Jeremy Stephens at UFC 136 on Saturday he is fully confident that it will be the first step toward him once again becoming a champion.
“My last outing in the UFC wasn’t what I wanted to do, so I got to kinda go in there and just reinvent my name. I want to get in there and remind people that I am a number one contender. I’m going to be champion, it’s only a matter of time.” – for more see BleacherReport.com.
Comments
Probably going to be Pettis's coming out party'.
why is everybody looking over jeremy stephens??
are u kidding the fight with Henderson was great
to fight as good as he did and take chances like that if it wasnt for the draw he would of already been fighting for the belt
im my opinion, i think he lost the fight with henderson, and not to say that it wasnt close cause it was super close, but i just think ben was winning up until pettis stole the fight with that amazing kick
Screw it rematch ben vs pettis 2, like dana said he puts up fights the fans want to see
Pettis vs Melendez
WEC champ vs Strikeforce champ for a title shot
I like where your head is at sambo. Its too bad Pettis lost to Guida. Guida outwreslted him and pretty much took him down and laid on him for 3 rounds rubbing that bloody mop on him. Interesting how no one is saying Guida should get a title shot. I'm not saying it either the UFC doesn't want Guida to have that belt.
Pettis looks more like a hip-hop poser than an MMA champion. Lose that stupid looking earring, pretty boy.
He's got skills though, we'll see.
I hate you.
If he's fighting a wrestler, I don't give Pettis all that great of a chance. His weakness was fully exposed in the Guida fight.