Sergio Pettis will be pushing for a fight with UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson if he comes out victorious in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 114 headliner with Brandon Moreno . Johnson (26-2-1 MMA, 14-1-1 UFC), who will attempt to break the UFC’s consecutive title defense record when he takes on Ray Borg in next month’s UFC 215 main event, is someone Pettis (15-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) believes he’s capable of beating, despite the No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA rankings having run through every 125-pound opponent he’s faced. Pettis said he will bring something to the table that “Mighty Mouse” hasn’t experienced, and as long as Johnson keeps the belt and Pettis lives up to his end of the bargain against Moreno (14-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC), he doesn’t see why he shouldn’t get the next title shot. He explained in a recent interview with MMAjunkie’s own John Morgan . “I feel like an impressive win would definitely get me into title contention.
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Not scared of ‘Mighty Mouse,’ Sergio Pettis says flyweight division ‘needs a new face’ – MMA Junkie