Anthony Pettis

Charismatic American, a bright representative of mixed martial arts, who enters the ring under the auspices of the UFC. The last WEC lightweight champion. The athlete has major UFC and WEC lightweight belts and a host of awards awarded by Sports Magazine, MMA Live and a dozen lesser-known sports publications. And Anthony Pettis - the lucky owner of black belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and taekwondo.

The future champion was born in January 1987 in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He grew up in the port city of Milwaukee on the shores of Lake Michigan. In an interview, he admitted that his mother identified him on taekwondo at the age of 5, wanting to take his son with something useful and minimize the influence of the street.

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The athlete's full name is Anthony Paul Pettis. He's not the only child in the family. The athlete has two brothers, the eldest and the youngest, with whom he is very close. Sergio's younger brother also made a career in sports and is an MMA fighter, performing in the UFC.

The family lived in a poor neighborhood of Milwaukee. Anthony later admitted that he now drives a car that is much more expensive than the house where he and his brothers spent their childhood. But the path to life in affluence was difficult and exhausting. Every day after school Pettis practiced taekwondo for 4 hours, there was no time to play with his peers.

On such a schedule insisted the mother, teaching her son to work and understanding that it is possible to achieve the goal only by giving up rest. The son appreciated his mother's care later. On his body there is a tattoo with the recognition that for all that he has achieved, grateful to his mother.

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At the age of 16, the teenager experienced a shock. His father, whom he calls his hero, was killed near the house. The family changed their place of residence in order not to pass every day near the terrible place where the husband and father died. Life for Anthony stopped. With the will and efforts of his mother, he returned to his previous occupations.

It is noteworthy that Pettis, becoming the star of the ring, did not replace Milwaukee with noisy New York or Chicago, and remained faithful to the city of childhood, where his sports biography began and where his family lives.

The future MMA star was nicknamed Showtime for a reason. Each of his entry into the ring is spectacular and exciting, it is both a sport and a bright show. Showtime made his debut in late 2007 as a boxing, karate and taekwondo fighter. The first victories of the young athlete took place thanks to the excitement, diligence and sensitive leadership of coach Duke Rufus. The coach was pleased with the 8 fights won by the ward no less than the winner, realizing that the brilliant debut will be followed by new peaks.

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Rufus played a huge role in the sports biography of the student, which is not surprising. His pupils Ben Rothwell, Eric Koch, Denis Davens, Ben Askren are known all over the world, and the famous coach organized the team "Rufusport", for which Anthony held more than one fight.

After the 8-time victory, Pettis became the Gladiator Fighting Series champion as a lightweight fighter and was a member of the WEC Fighting Organization, which hosted MMA tournaments from 2001 to 2010. Anthony also has experience in professional kickboxing.

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The boxer made his debut on WEC 41. His first opponent was Mike Campbell, whom Anthony Pettis confidently defeated (submix) in the 1st round.

WEC 45 at the end of 2009 cooled the american's fervor and landed: Bart Palaszczuk defeated Pettis. He was able to get "compensation" in the spring of 2010, knocking out The Californian Danny Castillo. The blow was so convincing that it was called the knockout of the evening.

Pettis' last fight in WEC was seen by fans of the wrestler in December 2012. This fight is inscribed in the history of WEC in gold letters as one of the best in lightweight. The fighter gave the audience the signature "Showtime Kick", a reception in which the athlete pushes away from the net and strikes his foot in the jump. The judges unanimously gave Anthony the victory.

On account of Anthony Pettis fights that are remembered by fans and connoisseurs of MMA for a long time. Among them is a super-short fight with Lonnie Amdal, which lasted 12 seconds and ended due to an injury to an opponent.

The meeting with Tom Erspamer also ended in the 1st round. Tom held on in the ring with Anthony for 24 seconds and collapsed from a technical knockout.

Fans admire the powerful punches of Pettis, which affected at least ten opponents. A suffocating technique called a "triangle" gave the fighter four victories. Twelve of the 30 fights ended in the 1st round in Shawtime's favor.

December 2016 brought the athlete an unfortunate defeat. Showtime lost to Max Holloway. And the following November in Norfolk, Anthony received a technical knockout from Dustin Poirier. The fight ended with an injured rib.

The series of failures and defeats did not end there. In October 2018 in Los Angeles Pettis came together in the ring with Tony Ferguson and unexpectedly was defeated in the 5th minute of the fight. This fight in Las Vegas was named the best fight of the evening.

Boxer does not advertise his personal life, but it is known that he has a happy family. Anthony's civil wife, Alexandra Cartagena, a Wisconsin-born beauty, gave her husband a baby in the summer of 2011.

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Anthony shared a photo of himself and wife on Instagram. He has Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Showtime has 30 fights, 22 of them were won, 8 by knockouts. The wrestler has excellent data for his profession. At 1.78 m tall, the weight ranges from 65 to 70 kg, and the armspan ranges from 1.83 m.

Sports commentators and connoisseurs of mixed martial arts agree that the fighter, who oscillated between light and middleweight categories, snatched victory not only with skill, but also largely due to successful anthropometric data.

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In March 2019 in Nashville, Anthony Pettis fought Stephen Thompson, sending him to the 2nd round in a blind knockout. Pettis' victory ended a series of unfortunate setbacks of the previous two years and returned the fighter to the leaderboard.

After the defeat, Thompson congratulated his opponent, calling him a "true legend." Stephen said of his impressions after the match:

Ufc

UFC lightweight champion (once) Winner of the Best Knockout Of the Evening Award (twice) Winner of the "Pain Evening" Award (once) Winner of the "Performance of the Evening" Award (once) Winner of the Pain Present of the Year Award (2013)

Wec

WEC Lightweight Champion (one time, last) Winner of the Best Knockout Of the Evening Award (once) Winner of the "Suffocating Evening" Award (once) Winner of the Best Fight of the Night Award (once) GFS Lightweight Champion (once)

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