{"id":149976,"date":"2015-06-17T07:10:42","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T14:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=149976"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:51:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:51:55","slug":"anthony-pettis-used-mma-to-get-away-from-street-violence2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/anthony-pettis-used-mma-to-get-away-from-street-violence2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Anthony Pettis Used MMA To Get Away From Street Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Right now, Milwaukee’s murder rate is like up 180 percent. It’s one of our worst spring\/summers and it hasn’t even started yet. Me growing up, I lost my dad at a young age. He was killed across the street from my house. Growing up with something like that happening to you, I had both options. I had my cousins on one side, ‘Let’s get these guys. Lets find out who it was.’ On the other side I had my mom, who I didn’t want to hurt again. That was a huge part in my decision to break out of that.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Former UFC lightweight Anthony Pettis talked on SiriusXM UFC 188 pre-fight show last Saturday<\/a> about his childhood and growing up in the dangerous streets of Milwaukee. Pettis says that the death of his father was what ultimately pushed him to stay off the streets.<\/p>\n

Do you guys think he will get back to the belt?<\/p>\n

Chad Mendes Strips, Gets VanZant Flustered During Important Interview — WATCH!<\/strong>
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