Anthony Pettis is one of the most famous and sought-after fighters in the direction of mixed martial arts. He has a black belt in several sports. The fighter became the UFC champion among lightweight athletes.
Biography
The famous champion of the Absolute Fighting Championship was born in the winter of the late 80s of the last century. Anthony is home to a small state of Wisconsin, USA. From childhood, the boy was imposed with various sports hobbies. The fact is that the parents of the young fighter did not want to be impressed by the dysfunctional street environment of the city of Milwaukee.
The first direction in martial arts at Pettis was taekwondo, just five years after birth, he began to attend the first section. In the family of the fighter there were 3 brothers, he was average. All three regularly attended sporting events and classes. The youngest child, watching Anthony, also decided to build a fighting career.
As the champion himself admits, his childhood turned out to be not the most prosperous, often they did not have enough money even for food. But Pettis devotedly walked towards his goal, daily spent more than one hour at training. A separate part of his life is still occupied by his mother, who has developed a sense of purpose and strong willpower in a young man.
Two years before adulthood, Anthony lost his father. The teenager was very upset about what had happened and, thanks to the support of the family, recovered. The young man returned to training with renewed vigor.
Martial Arts Career
At the age of 20, Pettis made his debut on the professional fighting scene. From the very first fights it became clear that at the amateur level a talented athlete did not belong. He immediately completed a series of eight victories. Then Anthony became famous as a showman. He managed to entertain the audience with unusual exits to the ring, and show a brilliant performance.
The fighter's first professional meeting was a competition with Mike Campbell as part of the 41st WEC season. He won an unconditional victory in the first round. In this sports federation, the athlete played until 2012, he managed to become a champion several times.
In the future, Pettis more than once had the opportunity to enter the ring with the most eminent and strongest athletes in the UFC, but almost always the American was defeated. It is worth noting that for these meetings he always received a decent fee. But when it came to fights with the so-called “semi-amateurs, ” or Anthony managed to lose weight and enter another weight class, he always came out the winner.
At the moment, he is a promising fighter who does not plan to end his career. In 2019, he managed to “rehabilitate” after an unfortunate series of unsuccessful fights - in the second round he knocked out Stephen Thompson, who was initially predicted to win unconditionally.
