UFC's featherweight division gets new contender as Anthony Pettis makes successful drop

Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis was hoping to end a three-fight losing streak and find new life in his career by dropping down to the featherweight division.

ROUND 1: Oliveira countered Pettis quickly with a takedown attempt and pushed Pettis against the cage.

"I punched him unconscious in the first round", Pettis said.

Now on a three-fight losing streak, former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis made a decision to finally drop down to featherweight. Now I just concentrate on what I have to do. He connected on a series of ground and pound punches, but Oliveira survived. Oliveira looked for a heel hook, but he'd been taking a lot of shots and the round ended before he could make a move. Oliveira with a push kick.

Eventually Pettis is able to break away. Pettis with a kick and then a hard body punch. Olivera stood up, but Pettis put him back down with a kick to the body. Oliveira manages to scramble up and get on top of Pettis.

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Oliveira immediately began trying to take the fight to the canvas. Pettis' punches were starting to look slow about halfway through the round. But as the fight game has been known to do, Pettis was somewhat exposed in his next three bouts, all three losses to Rafael dos Anjos, Eddie Alvarez, and Edson Barboza. Olievera wrapped Pettis up in the body triangle while looking for the choke.

Unsafe times for Pettis as Oliveira is extremely skillsed with submissions.

Pettis continuing to work on the mat with him though. Instead, he said he just wants a name that will elevate him toward his goal of winning a second UFC championship. The late takedown may have given the judges something to think about.

Nice one-two from Pettis and an elbow in return from Oliveira. Pettis escapes though and gets back to striking range. Pettis let go and Oliveira was on top in side control. Pettis appeared to gas in the middle period, however, but rallied to choke out the submission specialist with a guillotine choke in the third round. Very slick transitions by both. Oliveira still hunting for takedowns, but nothing doing for now and a rollercoaster round comes to an end. As Oliveira went for the single, Pettis wrapped Oliveira in a guillotine and fell to the mat. With one significant victory already under his belt, Pettis has big plans for his future in the featherweight division.


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