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Anthony Pettis and Ricardo Lamas made a serious title shot statements in their divisions after brutally finishing their opponents inside the Octagon at…

Anthony Pettis believes that his former organization had the best 155 lbs fighters in the world. Is he right?

Anthony Pettis suffered a minor setback as a staph infection forced a hospital visit. Fortunately, he should be ready to fight in January.

Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Melvin Guillard are set to face each other on August 11 in the co-main event for UFC 150: Henderson vs. Edgar in Denver, Colorado. The two trained together and became close friends while at Team Jackson-Winkeljohn in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but their friendship has nothing to do with Cerrone’s plans come fight night.”I plan to win!”, Cowboy told Lowkick.com in an interview this morning, “I will fight him and yes, he is my brother, but I want to get paid and I will go through any

After beating Jeremy Stephens on Tuesday at UFC on Fuel TV 3, Donald Cerrone eyed Anthony Pettis as his next challenge, a step up in competition. He was hoping for the fight to take place in his home state of Colorado at UFC 150 on August 11th. However, Pettis’s manager announced today tat this would not be happening and that his client Pettis would be next fighting in September, possibly at UFC 151.
“Showtime” is recovering from shoulder surgery, and will not be able to make UFC 150 at

(Look at it this way, it’s not like it could end any worse than the first time around.) …

Over the course of a few months Anthony Pettis went from being next in line for a UFC Lightweight title shot to having to fight his way back into title shot consideration. 
Pettis took the WEC Lightweight crown from Benson Henderson at WEC 53 and was then lined up to face the winner of the January 1, 2011 Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard bout. The problem with that was, there was no winner. The fight finished in a draw and a rematch was booked, a rematch that was delayed by injury.
Pettis decided that

It’s only been two weeks since UFC 132 and it seems already seems like an eternity since we’ve seen elite Mixed Martial Arts action. The next big event in the month of July will be Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Hendo, but so far October will be a month for must see MMA. UFC 136 is already shaping up to be a spectacular fight card stacked with many high profile names. To add to the very stellar event, UFC president Dana White has announced on UFC.com that both Jeremy Stephens and Anthony Pettis have verbally

“It’s the fact that I’ve paid my dues in the UFC. It’s my time. I’m going to make him pay [his UFC dues] June 4. It’s not out of any rivalry or anything like that, but he’s going to realize that it’s time to step it up…. He has fought some tough guys. He has wins over Shane Roller and Ben Henderson — they are tough guys. But I’ve fought the best in the cage…. Pettis is super tough. He’s riding a wave of confidence, he’s got the kick heard around the world and he’s beaten some tough guys. But I know

The Future of the Light Weight Division: Anthony “Showtime” Pettis
Fan Opinion:  The light weight division is one of the most competitive divisions in MMA where a lot of fighters reside not only state side but also overseas.

I Believe the future king of the light weight division is Anthony “Showtime” Pettis, who is fresh in our minds coming off of his 5 round war with Ben “Smooth” Henderson” in which I believe was the greatest fight I have ever seen in MMA.  The