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Anthony Pettis Thinks the PFL Format ‘Is the Hardest Format of Combat Sports’

Anthony Pettis' path in Professional Fighters League has been unfruitful so far, but “Showtime” aims to fix that very soon. Former Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting lightweight titleholder Pettis (24-12, 0-2 PFL) dropped back-to-back decisions in the 2021 PFL season against Clay Collard and eventual champion Raush Manfio. Pettis believes he underestimated the toughness of the PFL’s peculiar format, which forces contestants to compete two times in the span of eight weeks to secure a place in the playoffs and attempt to take home the $1 million award. This year, Pettis foresees that he won’t meet the same difficulty after making some adjustments in the offseason.

(00:00) Intro
(00:26) Moving his training to Las Vegas
(01:23) Having a long training camp
(02:07) Praising PFL’s peculiar format
(03:15) His sparring partners in Las Vegas
(04:02) Dropping back-to-back decisions in 2021
(05:50) Life in the PFL bubble in 2021
(06:40) Dealing with an injury early in the camp
(07:57) An update on Sergio Pettis’ injury
(09:11) Aiming to become the PFL champion
(09:34) Picking Charles Oliveira vs. Justin Gaethje
(09:55) Predicting his fight
(10:20) His walkout song
(10:55) Outro



Tudor Leonte started writing about mixed martial arts in 2013 for Italian media outlets. His journey with Sherdog began in 2018 and he now covers One Championship and countless European shows. You can follow him on Twitter @MrTudorLeonte.



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