Roufus: Pettis is like the Mayweather of MMA
Anthony Pettis is the UFC lightweight champion and one of the UFC’s best and brightest young stars. Coach Duke Roufous believes he is MMA’s version of Floyd Mayweather.
Anthony Pettis is the UFC lightweight champion and one of the UFC’s best and brightest young stars. Coach Duke Roufous believes he is MMA’s version of Floyd Mayweather:
Roufus says that a busier Pettis is a more indestructible force. So, what’s his official prediction for how Saturday night’s fight will go down at the American Airlines Arena?
“Knockout,” he said. “This is going to be a fight that’s won on the feet. I got to tell you, Anthony, when he ran off that five-fight streak in the WEC and had some amazing performances — a Pettis that’s fighting this often is the most dangerous Pettis you’ll see. You don’t want to let this kid starting fighting too often if you’re the other contenders. He said the other day I could do this four times a year easy. That’s how easy the training camps are for him. Not because he’s lazy, but because he is like the [Floyd] Mayweather of our sport, hard work and dedicated. He’s the guy [that says], ‘hey, let’s do one more round,’ or ‘hey, let’s do another session on Saturday.’ He’s the one asking me to schedule more as opposed to me telling him to schedule more. That’s why he’s going to win.
