Two former WEC standout lightweights finally faced each other last night (Jan. 26, 2013) as former champion Anthony Pettis battled Donald Cerrone on the UFC on Fox 6 main card in Chicago, Illinois.
Cerrone had been wanting this fight for a long time now, calling "Showtime" out for months and challenging the Duke Roufus-trained fighter's manliness multiple times before the bout finally came to fruition.
He won't be doing that anymore after last night.
The tone for this fight was set in the opening seconds as Pettis connected with a very solid right hand on Cerrone's chin. He didn't let up, either, scoring with a left hook and a right hand during a heated exchange inside the pocket.
"Cowboy" got his licks in, landing a good knee to the body when Pettis got cute attempting a capoeira cartwheel kick which grazed him.
After switching stances, Pettis connected with a pair of heavy kicks to the body to back off Cerrone and commentator Joe Rogan announced that he felt "Showtime" had hurt him with the blow. A knee to the body from Pettis followed by a ridiculous jumping knee to the chin off the fence only made things worse.
Again Pettis went to the body, this time with a straight left hand and a heavy kick straight to the liver folded Cerrone in half, sending him to the ground completely unable to fight back as the ref stepped in and put a stop to it, handing Pettis his win and well-deserved his title shot.
For complete UFC on Fox 6 results, including blow-by-blow, fight-by-fight coverage of the entire event as well as immediate post-fight reaction click here, here and here.
No comments:
Post a Comment