Can Anthony Pettis Take the Lightweight Division to New Heights of Popularity?

When Anthony Pettis submitted Benson Henderson to claim the UFC lightweight title, it was done with an authority that the division hadn’t seen since BJ Penn destroyed Joe Stevenson at UFC 80. When it comes to the landscape on I-155, there hasn’t been an explosive, take-no-prisoners kind of champion since Penn. That isn’t to say […]

When Anthony Pettis submitted Benson Henderson to claim the UFC lightweight title, it was done with an authority that the division hadn’t seen since BJ Penn destroyed Joe Stevenson at UFC 80. When it comes to the landscape on I-155, there hasn’t been an explosive, take-no-prisoners kind of champion since Penn. That isn’t to say […]