Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-31529160-20180615152433/@comment-32783267-20180831174246

YakuzaUFC wrote: I think it was most likely due to injuries yes and also because his spirit was broken after losing the title, maybe even before the RDA title fight he might have had doubts. Hopefully he has bounced back and will have a good amount of fights for the fans to enjoy in the future. I'm quite torn on the Pettis and Ferguson fight, I want both of them to win lol since both of them would make an interesting fight with Khabib (or Conor if he manages to get the belt back lol). Yeah, injuries suck but the gameplan to beat the Showtime has been out for a long time. People originally afraid of Pettis' unorthodox spinning dynamic attacks and conceded space against him, which is what Anthony wants. But if you keep crowding Pettis, he can't pull off his rangy weapons and basically at disadvantage, even before RDA's famous demolision of Pettis, when the Wheaties Box lost to Guida of all people in the past just before his championship run. Those wins he has against Miller and Chiesa showed them not really crowding the former champ.

So what does this means for El Cucuy? Minus the BJJ, I found Tony gives a lot of spaces to his opponents too, most notably the Vannata fight, as his recent performances showed,Groovy can't operate well when he doesn't have a lot of space yo work on, besides the cardio issue. Even if Pettis' standup is not that of his 'prime', it would be a very competitive fight still and Anthony Pettis should target the knees of Anthony Ferguson imo. But I have 'An'Tony winning tho despite being a little old for lower weight class.