Anthony Pettis adds to highlight reel with head kick KO of Joe Lauzon at UFC 144: Japan

Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis is arguably more famous for his Jackie Chan, Matrix style kick to the head of Benson Henderson, than he is for winning the belt from ‘Bendo’, as Pettis was the final WEC lightweight champion before the UFC fully integrated the organization. When Anthony made his UFC debut, talks of him being the number one guy, alongside Jim Miller, were the dominant discussions in regards to the UFC lightweight division.

Pettis debuted in June of last year against lightweight gatekeeper Clay Guida, and came out on the losing end of a hard fought decision. Following Pettis down a similar path was Jim Miller, who as Dana White’s number one cat, ran head first into our new UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson, and was thoroughly dominated for 3 straight rounds. Miller is back in top form, as he just dispatched of Melvin Guillard recently, to earn a top slot match-up against Nate Diaz as the headlining bout for the UFC on Fox 3 event.

Pettis bounced back from his loss to Guida as well, and following his marvelous head kick KO of Joe Lauzon at UFC 144, makes it 2 straight victories, as well as having his name thrown into the hat for potential future match-ups against new titleholder Henderson. Pettis added another glorious highlight reel clip to his resume, with the finish of Lauzon, and fans are now very interested to see where Anthony lands in the landscape of 155 in the UFC. The lightweight division is about to get very interesting here, and very soon. Will we see Pettis vs. Henderson 2 sooner or later? Only time will tell.

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Posted by JamesBegley on Feb 26 2012. Filed under Featured Stories, MMA News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.