Everyone has a fighting chance
Former World Wrestling Entertainment super star Phil Brooks, better known as “CM Punk,” is still training MMA according to fellow Roufusport fighter and former UFC champion Anthony Pettis.
Ben Askren has been making the most of his time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship spotlight since the promotion unveiled him last year in a fighter trade with One Championship, but Kamaru Usman has a less-than-flattering explanation for his popularity.
In terms of impressive comebacks inside the Octagon, few in recent memory are better than Anthony Pettis’s come-from-behind win in his welterweight debut Saturday, which saw the former lightweight champion execute a superman punch to knock out Stephen Thompson at UFC Nashville.
One moment, Stephen Thompson appeared on his way to a 20-18 lead on the scorecards against Anthony Pettis. The next, he was out cold courtesy of a spectacular Superman punch from “Showtime” that ended the UFC Nashville main event with five seconds left in round two.
It appears that Dana White now has a plan in place for both the bantamweight and flyweight divisions.
He’s had one of the best professional tenures a lighter-weight fighter could ever ask for, but Anthony Pettis’ career was largely in flux as he entered a new division heading into Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night 148 main event.<
There was plenty of heat between the two, but heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes opted to let his fists and wrestling prowess do all the talking in his grudge match with Justin Willis on Saturday.
Jussier da Silva has been on a roll lately and he believes it’s time to cash in on a world title shot.
Anthony Pettis’ latest addition to the highlight reel proved to be quite lucrative.
Anthony Pettis flattens Stephen Thompson in the UFC Fight Night 148 main event on Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee.