Anthony Pettis was bounced from the PFL lightweight playoffs this past Friday.
It hasn’t been an easy road for the former UFC champion the past seven or so years. After he won the UFC’s 155-pound title, he defended it once against Gilbert Melendez. But starting with his title loss to Rafael dos Anjos in March 2015, Pettis has gone 7-12.
He left the UFC on a two-fight winning streak in 2020 to sign with the PFL and had high hopes for a $1 million championship in 2021, but lost both his regular season fights. In 2022, he looked like he might be on the path to redemption with a first-round submission of Myles Price.
