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Duke Roufus says Sergio Pettis motivated thanks to new stability of UFC flyweight division

BAD MMA News — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 20:57:47 +0000

Gallery Photos: Best of Sergio Pettis view 36 images Many UFC fighters made the move up to 135 pounds when the future of the flyweight division was uncertain. One of them was Sergio Pettis , who started his career at bantamweight before making the drop to flyweight – only to eventually move back up to 135 pounds.

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Duke Roufus says Sergio Pettis motivated thanks to new stability of UFC flyweight division – MMA Junkie

Duke Roufus says he’d like Anthony Pettis to face Diego Sanchez or Carlos Condit next

BAD MMA News — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 22:35:30 +0000

Gallery Photos: Best of Anthony Pettis view 22 images ABU DHABI – Duke Roufus has a few names in mind for whom he’d like to see his star pupil face next. Former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis (22-9 MMA, 9-8 UFC) currently is sidelined with a broken foot that he suffered in a unanimous decision loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 241. Pettis did not require surgery, and Roufus said he’s targeting a return at UFC 245 on Dec. 14. “He had a tough break with Nate (Diaz), but all credit to Nate,” Roufus told MMA Junkie in Abu Dhabi at UFC 242.

Duke Roufus says he’d like Anthony Pettis to face Diego Sanchez or Carlos Condit next – MMA Junkie

MMA gyms abide by many unwritten rules, and Cummins may have broken a big one

BAD MMA News — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:57:52 +0000

(A condensed version of this story first appeared in Friday’s USA TODAY .) When it comes to the unwritten rules of the training that mixed martial arts fighters put each other through behind closed doors, UFC lightweight and MMA veteran Yves Edwards has a simple way of looking at it. “The gym is like Vegas,” Edwards told MMAjunkie. “What happens in there should stay in there.” Call it an unofficial code that MMA fighters expect one another to abide by.

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UFC 163 preview: Chan Sung Jung’s uphill battle against champ Jose Aldo

BAD MMA News — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 20:10:00 +0000

Featherweight Chan Sung Jung is just the kind of exciting matchup for UFC champ Jose Aldo that Anthony Pettis would have been had a meniscus tear not scrapped his appearance at UFC 163. But Jung and Pettis are far apart in the way they dole out violence in the cage, and that’s why Aldo is such a heavy favorite leading into Saturday’s event, which takes place at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro. Aldo (22-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) is as big as an 8-1 favorite heading into his fight with Jung (13-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC), which headlines the pay-per-view card following prelims on FX and Facebook. When the champ was scheduled to fight Pettis, he wasn’t even in 2-1 territory. Although it’s not fair to predict a fight entirely based on the whims of the betting public, the disparity between the first and second lines reflect an easily observable different between Pettis and Jung. And that counts for something. Pettis, a protege of kickboxer-turned-MMA-fighter Duke Roufus, measures out his attacks in a way that’s fitting of a seasoned striker.

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