ANTHONY PETTIS WILL MAKE HIS FEATHERWEIGHT DEBUT AND UFC SIGNS WILL BROOKS
Las Vegas, NV (July 15th, 2016)– Former lightweight champion Anthony “Showtime” Pettis will officially make his debut at featherweight at FOX UFC Fight Night in Vancouver on Aug. 27 against the No. 7-ranked featherweight Charles Oliveira on UFC FOX .
“Anthony Pettis is dropping down to featherweight to face Charles Oliveira and “Showtime” is always a highlight reel guy and so is Oliveira. That’s going to be a great fight. We haven’t even announced the main event yet and the main event’s going to be very interesting too,” UFC executive vice president Tom Wright told FOX Sports on Wednesday.
“I’ve seen both these guys fight live and they don’t know how to have boring fights. It’s really going to be interesting to see what (Pettis) does at featherweight and you know how the UFC is. We don’t give anybody a mulligan or a give-me so his debut is against one of the best in the division. It’s going to be awesome.”
Pettis will move down to featherweight after a long career spent fighting at 155 pounds, where he was both the UFC and WEC lightweight champion in the past.
Oliveira has won 4 of his last 5 fights and the former UFC champion has surprisingly lost 3 in a row.
Garreth McLellan and Alessio Di Chirico at middleweight has also been added to the card.
Tickets for FOX UFC Fight Night in Vancouver will go on sale Friday, June 15 at 10 a.m. PT with more fights to be announced for the card in the coming days.
Will Brooks Signs With UFC
After being released by Bellator, lightweight star and former champion, Will Brooks has signed with the UFC for a 8 fight deal as reported by MMA Junkie.
Will Brooks (17-1, 0-0 UFC) is replacing James Krause (23-7, 4-3 UFC) because of an injury to face the rugged veteran Ross Pearson (19-10-1NC, 12-7-1NC UFC ) in a lightweight bout at TUF 23 Finale July 7th in Las Vegas.
Will Brooks has won 9 in a row.
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