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Three Of Anthony Pettis’ Cars Set Ablaze & Exploded Outside Home

It has not been a good day for Anthony Pettis. Just one day after getting his next fight inside of the Octagon booked, ‘Showtime’ returned home earlier today (October 27, 2016) to find three of his vehicles set on fire outside his Milwaukee home. One witness of the fire (courtesy of FOX 6 Milwaukee) said

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It has not been a good day for Anthony Pettis.

Just one day after getting his next fight inside of the Octagon booked, ‘Showtime’ returned home earlier today (October 27, 2016) to find three of his vehicles set on fire outside his Milwaukee home.

One witness of the fire (courtesy of FOX 6 Milwaukee) said that he saw a car speeding away from the neighborhood before noticing the fire after hearing a ‘large bang’:

“I saw a car speeding through the neighborhood,” said Carson Blaszak, a witness to the fire.

“Right around the same time as that happened, there was kind of a large bang,” Blaszak said. “It was three cars caught on fire. I just, I ran outside, and I was hoping, you know, the house hopefully wasn’t gonna catch on fire.”

Police believe that the fire was started via an accelerant on two vehicles, causing the flames to spread to the third car. Another of Pettis’ neighbors, who deems the former lightweight champ as a good neighbor, also commented on the incident:

“As he’s screaming that the house is on fire. Of course, you jump outta bed and you can’t believe your eyes to see what you’re, you know, that it’s real,” said Bunny Blaszak, a witness to the fire.

“Very friendly. See him running around, jogging around,” Bunny Blaszak said.

Although Pettis may have lost his three vehicles, neighbor Carson Balszak is happy that the local fire and police department reacted to the situation so quickly:

“Luckily, the police department and fire department were able to get here very quickly and took care of it and everyone was safe,” said Carson Blaszak.

FOX 6 reports that one of Pettis’ brothers stated that ‘Showtime’ is trying to process what has happened and is refusing to do any interviews at this time. We’ll keep you updated on the situation as we learn more.

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Pettis is set to meet Max Holloway at UFC 206 live on pay-per-view (PPV), form the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on December 10, 2016.

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Anthony Pettis vs. Max Holloway Slated For UFC 206

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“Showtime” and “Blessed” will meet at UFC 206 this December, officials announced recently, as Anthony Pettis and Max Holloway have been signed.

Pettis, a former UFC lightweight champion, …

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“Showtime” and “Blessed” will meet at UFC 206 this December, officials announced recently, as Anthony Pettis and Max Holloway have been signed.

Pettis, a former UFC lightweight champion, made a triumphant debut at featherweight with a submission win over Charles Oliveira earlier this year.

Holloway sports an impressive nine-fight win streak on his resume, including recent wins over Ricardo Lamas, Jeremy Stephens and Oliveira.

UFC 206 takes place December 10 and features a rematch for the light heavyweight title between Daniel Cormier and Anthony Johnson.

Max Holloway To Meet Anthony Pettis At UFC 206

Max Holloway has been campaigning for a big fight for quite some time now, after having racked up a nine-fight win streak in the UFC’s featherweight division, and now he’s got it. The UFC has officially announced that Holloway will clash with former UFC 155-pound champion Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis at UFC 206 in a featherweight

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Max Holloway has been campaigning for a big fight for quite some time now, after having racked up a nine-fight win streak in the UFC’s featherweight division, and now he’s got it.

The UFC has officially announced that Holloway will clash with former UFC 155-pound champion Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis at UFC 206 in a featherweight throw down that is sure to bring the house down:

Pettis (19-5) is coming off of a third round guillotine choke victory over Charles Oliveira in the co-main event of UFC on FOX 21 this past August, making a huge statement in his 145-pound debut inside the Octagon.

‘Showtime’ reigned as the 155-pound champion after winning the title from Benson Henderson at UFC 164 in 2013, but would go on to lose the title against Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 185 in 2015. After suffering two consecutive losses at lightweight to the likes of Eddie Alvarez and Edson Barboza, Pettis made the decision to drop down to 145 pounds and test his hand there.

Holloway (16-3) is riding the amazing momentum of his nine-fight win streak, most recently coming off of his unanimous decision win over Ricardo Lamas at UFC 199 this past June. Interestingly enough Holloway’s last defeat came at the hands of current 145-pound title holder Conor McGregor.

If Holloway is able to continue his winning ways with a potential win over Pettis, it may not be very long before we se the 24-year-old Hawaiian competing for UFC gold.

Holloway and Pettis will meet at UFC 206 live on pay-per-view (PPV) from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on December 10, 2016.

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Max Holloway Wants Jose Aldo: He Makes My Blood Boil

No. 3-ranked UFC featherweight contender Max Holloway is looking to get back inside the Octagon soon, and he wants a big name fight to help propel him into the title picture. With current 145-pound champ Conor McGregor booked to challenge for the lightweight title at UFC 205, Jose Aldo embroiled in a contact dispute with

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No. 3-ranked UFC featherweight contender Max Holloway is looking to get back inside the Octagon soon, and he wants a big name fight to help propel him into the title picture.

With current 145-pound champ Conor McGregor booked to challenge for the lightweight title at UFC 205, Jose Aldo embroiled in a contact dispute with the UFC, and No. 2-ranked Frankie Edgar set to throw down with Jeremy Stephens, that leaves the Hawaii native waiting in the wings for his next scrap to get booked.

Holloway recently spoke to MMA Junkie about his frustrations over not yet having a fight booked, claiming the rest of the featherweight division is running away with a case of ‘pu**y-itis’:

“I’m a fighter, man; I just want to fight,” Holloway said. “I don’t care who it is or whatever. I can’t change what they personally feel, but like I said, I got that vaccine for that (expletive)-itis that’s been going around with all these people running away. They got to let me know when they’re ready to fight.”

While Holloway would love another crack at McGregor for the 145-pound title, that bout is not a possibility at the moment with ‘The Notorious One’ attempting to make history by becoming the first man in UFC history to hold two titles in different weight classes simultaneously with a potential win over Eddie Alvarez in November.

max holloway conor mcgregor ufcInstead ‘Blessed’ would gladly take a fight against the current interim featherweight champion, Jose Aldo, who Holloway says is making his blood boil at the moment:

“In a perfect world, if I could fight Conor, that would be great,” Holloway said. “But the person that’s really got my blood boiling is Jose Aldo. He’s (expletive) talking bubbles. I don’t know what he’s talking. I think Conor hit him too hard in that fight, so he’s losing his mind. That guy’s got to get his (expletive) together, get his ass in the cage and do less talking and more fighting.”

“I respect him, I respect him a lot, but at the end of the day, people keep forgetting how much times he left the UFC high and dry in a main-event slot or a co-main event slot that he was supposed to be because of injuries,” Holloway said. “I know injuries sucks, but it happens more than (expletive) a couple of times, and he had to pull out due to injury or whatever or personal reasons. It is what it is. They remember that kind of stuff.”

Holloway is dead set on one day hoisting up UFC gold above his head for the first time in his career, as the 24-year-old knows without a shadow of a doubt he is the best fighter in the world at 145 pounds:

“My gold belt is going to come, and I know it is,” Holloway said. “My job is winning fights. I’m confident in myself. I know I’m the best guy in the world. … I just can’t wait to go in there and show the world what’s up.”

If Aldo is able to fix up his contract issues with the UFC soon, Holloway might just get his opportunity to step into the cage with the Brazilian champ.

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Max Holloway Loses His Cool, Vents Frustration About McGregor & Aldo

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Apparently Max Holloway has heard enough — and he’s letting it be known.

The rising 145-pound contender vented his frustration about the ongoing drama surrounding his weight-class and its’ two champions — Conor McGregor, who hasn’t defended the title once since winning it nearly a year ago and Jose Aldo, the interim champ who is threatening to retire for not getting the fight he expected.

“The whole thing with Aldo, and everybody thinking he’s the best for 10 years, that he’s unbeaten and the untouchable champ, and all that,” Holloway said. “Then the whole thing with Conor thing came out, and he got knocked out, and everybody getting pissed off why he didn’t get a rematch after 13 seconds. These guys need to educate themselves in damn mixed martial arts. How many times has Aldo pulled out of a main event? Not counting the Conor time, how many times before that has Aldo pulled out of a fight? It’s happened a bunch of times.”

Holloway continued, “People keep saying Aldo deserves this, he deserves that — how the hell do you deserve something when you pulled out of all these events? And did the UFC ever make an interim title when he did? They held that all the way until they gave the interim title to Conor [at UFC 189], but they did it for a business move, to make for a huge event at UFC 194. People keep forgetting the past, of what Aldo did. How many times did he screw the UFC getting hurt and not fighting in the event and the UFC scrambling around and they’ve got to find new fighters for the event or scratch his fight?”

As the subject changed to the topic of Conor McGregor, the highly-regarded UFC Featherweight contender had plenty to say on that front as well.

“There’s only two guys in our division that Conor beat that’s still ranked, myself and Aldo,” he said. “Who the hell else did he beat? I don’t even know who he beat. I only know the two ranked guys were me and Aldo. I don’t take that away from Conor, that he beat Chad Mendes on short notice. Chad took that fight knowing he had a chance to beat Conor, so that’s Chad’s fault he took that fight. My last four guys I beat have all been ranked.”

Regarding where he stands in the current 145-pound landscape, Holloway proved his point that he is as deserving as the next guy in terms of those who have earned the right to fight for the chance to be a champion.

“If you look at who has the most fights in the featherweight division, it’s me,” he said. “The guy with the most wins in the featherweight division, it’s me again. The guy with the longest winning streak in the division, is me once again. These guys keep telling me I need to fight somebody else, who the hell is next? That’s what I’ve been doing that, and I’ve been knocking them down, and everybody wants to see the next guy, this and that. And what do I do?

“I don’t say shit. Because I know I’m the best motherf*cker in the world, and I’m willing to prove it, and half these motherf*ckers are picking and choosing their fights, trying to cherry pick. People say Aldo’s not running, motherf*cker just said in an interview that he wants to fight [Anthony] Pettis and not me, because Pettis is an easy fight. If that’s not f*cking picking and dodging and running from a fight, I don’t know what the f*ck is.”

H/T: MMAFighting.com

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Apparently Max Holloway has heard enough — and he’s letting it be known.

The rising 145-pound contender vented his frustration about the ongoing drama surrounding his weight-class and its’ two champions — Conor McGregor, who hasn’t defended the title once since winning it nearly a year ago and Jose Aldo, the interim champ who is threatening to retire for not getting the fight he expected.

“The whole thing with Aldo, and everybody thinking he’s the best for 10 years, that he’s unbeaten and the untouchable champ, and all that,” Holloway said. “Then the whole thing with Conor thing came out, and he got knocked out, and everybody getting pissed off why he didn’t get a rematch after 13 seconds. These guys need to educate themselves in damn mixed martial arts. How many times has Aldo pulled out of a main event? Not counting the Conor time, how many times before that has Aldo pulled out of a fight? It’s happened a bunch of times.”

Holloway continued, “People keep saying Aldo deserves this, he deserves that — how the hell do you deserve something when you pulled out of all these events? And did the UFC ever make an interim title when he did? They held that all the way until they gave the interim title to Conor [at UFC 189], but they did it for a business move, to make for a huge event at UFC 194. People keep forgetting the past, of what Aldo did. How many times did he screw the UFC getting hurt and not fighting in the event and the UFC scrambling around and they’ve got to find new fighters for the event or scratch his fight?”

As the subject changed to the topic of Conor McGregor, the highly-regarded UFC Featherweight contender had plenty to say on that front as well.

“There’s only two guys in our division that Conor beat that’s still ranked, myself and Aldo,” he said. “Who the hell else did he beat? I don’t even know who he beat. I only know the two ranked guys were me and Aldo. I don’t take that away from Conor, that he beat Chad Mendes on short notice. Chad took that fight knowing he had a chance to beat Conor, so that’s Chad’s fault he took that fight. My last four guys I beat have all been ranked.”

Regarding where he stands in the current 145-pound landscape, Holloway proved his point that he is as deserving as the next guy in terms of those who have earned the right to fight for the chance to be a champion.

“If you look at who has the most fights in the featherweight division, it’s me,” he said. “The guy with the most wins in the featherweight division, it’s me again. The guy with the longest winning streak in the division, is me once again. These guys keep telling me I need to fight somebody else, who the hell is next? That’s what I’ve been doing that, and I’ve been knocking them down, and everybody wants to see the next guy, this and that. And what do I do?

“I don’t say shit. Because I know I’m the best motherf*cker in the world, and I’m willing to prove it, and half these motherf*ckers are picking and choosing their fights, trying to cherry pick. People say Aldo’s not running, motherf*cker just said in an interview that he wants to fight [Anthony] Pettis and not me, because Pettis is an easy fight. If that’s not f*cking picking and dodging and running from a fight, I don’t know what the f*ck is.”

H/T: MMAFighting.com

Max Holloway Bashes Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor. Does He Have A Point?

Madness is consuming the featherweight division.

So, it seems as if the fighters at featherweight are more than a bit disgruntled. After it was announced that Conor McGregor would be fighting Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205, it seemed like every fighter in the featherweight division decided to lose it. Jose Aldo decided he’d rather retire then play the UFC’s money grab game and it seems that Max Holloway refuses to be outdone. Usually a more reserved and tactful individual who does his talking in the cage, Holloway has gone on a verbal tirade denouncing both Aldo and McGregor in the process.

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Madness is consuming the featherweight division.

So, it seems as if the fighters at featherweight are more than a bit disgruntled. After it was announced that Conor McGregor would be fighting Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205, it seemed like every fighter in the featherweight division decided to lose it. Jose Aldo decided he’d rather retire then play the UFC’s money grab game and it seems that Max Holloway refuses to be outdone. Usually a more reserved and tactful individual who does his talking in the cage, Holloway has gone on a verbal tirade denouncing both Aldo and McGregor in the process. Check out the tidbit below courtesy of MMAFighting.com

“The whole thing with Aldo, and everybody thinking he’s the best for 10 years, that he’s unbeaten and the untouchable champ, and all that,” Holloway said. “Then the whole thing with Conor thing came out, and he got knocked out, and everybody getting pissed off why he didn’t get a rematch after 13 seconds. These guys need to educate themselves in damn mixed martial arts. How many times has Aldo pulled out of a main event? Not counting the Conor time, how many times before that has Aldo pulled out of a fight? It’s happened a bunch of times.”

Granted injuries are an unforeseen part of the game, Holloway does have a bit of a point where pulling out of fights is concerned. There are so many fighters who fight injured and by sitting out on fights it gives the appearance as if Aldo was trying to play it safe and hold onto his belt as long as possible, even if that isn’t actually the case. The fact of the matter is that Aldo has beaten some of the best of the best out there and for Holloway to disrespect him is a bit much. Holloway may be doing all this to get Aldo in the mindset of fighting the young up and comer, but for now we’ll have to see how that plays out.

But Max Holloway also had some choice words for featherweight champion Conor McGregor as well.

“There’s only two guys in our division that Conor beat that’s still ranked, myself and Aldo,” he said. “Who the hell else did he beat? I don’t even know who he beat. I only know the two ranked guys were me and Aldo. I don’t take that away from Conor, that he beat Chad Mendes on short notice. Chad took that fight knowing he had a chance to beat Conor, so that’s Chad’s fault he took that fight. My last four guys I beat have all been ranked.”

Dems fightin’ words. Too bad that Conor already has an assignment to handle at UFC 205.

Look, not saying that Max Holloway doesn’t have a point here. He’s wanted to fight Jose Aldo and rematch Conor McGregor for a long time now. Holloway has collected some high level scalps in his bid for a title shot and by all rights has a reason to complain about an Aldo retirement or a McGregor money fight at MSG. The unfortunate part for him is that he’ll have to wait on the sidelines regardless.

For Max Holloway’s full rant, head over to MMAFighting.com.

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