It looks like the former UFC lightweight champion is down training in Albuquerque where he took on a former opponent in the training room.
Not every set of fighters that step into the cage against one another are bitter rivals. In fact, it’s probably safer to say that most of them aren’t. Take, for example, Donald Cerrone and Anthony Pettis. The two men met in the Octagon back at UFC on Fox 6: Johnson vs. Dodson. It was just four fights ago for Anthony Pettis, twelve for Cerrone. Pettis won the bout with a body kick KO in the first round.
But, time heals all wounds, and the two men were recently spotted sparring down at Jackson-Wink. I don’t know that it says anything long term about Pettis’ training, other than he might be stretching his legs in different gyms a bit, but it’s still pretty cool to see the two former rivals now training side by side. Cerrone posted a picture of the two of them on his Instagram account:
“I’m pretty sure the entire gym, no one sparred they just stood around the cage and watched @showtimepettis and me go 5 Rounds.”
Pettis got in on the action too, posting his own pic from his training at Jackson’s alongside another former lightweight champ, BJ Penn:
showtimepettisIron sharpens Iron!!!!! Haven’t had this much fun training in a long time… @izzystylewrestling @cowboycerrone #bjpenn
Cerrone is currently slated to fight Patrick Cote at UFC Ottawa, in the welterweight division, on June 18th. Pettis, for his part, has an upcoming bout next month, against Edson Barboza at UFC 197.