Anthony Pettis has been one of the most exciting fighters in MMA for quite some time now but now he is looking to take that next step, superstardom.
With Jon Jones’s failed drug test, Silva’s cheating and Rousey’s extracurriculars, the UFC is looking for the next person to carry the company. GSP did it well for many years and before whim Chuck Liddell had the honor but Pettis is much different than both of those men.
Pettis isn’t doing movies and he isn’t a physically imposing guy, not saying that GSP necessarily was. He is the champion of a lighter division, a division that is one of the most diverse in the sport and offers very little star power outside of himself and ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone’s cult following.
At UFC 185 he hopes to overcome those hurdles with another spectacular performance and become the UFC’s top athlete.