{"id":169797,"date":"2015-10-07T05:18:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T12:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=169797"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:43:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:43:26","slug":"pettis-talks-eddie-alvarez-i-dont-think-hes-even-a-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/pettis-talks-eddie-alvarez-i-dont-think-hes-even-a-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Pettis Talks Eddie Alvarez: ‘I Don’t Think He’s Even A Challenge’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis will be returning from a 10-month layoff to face former Bellator champ Eddie Alvarez.<\/p>\n

It will be the first time Pettis has fought since losing a one-sided decision to now current champ Rafael dos Anjos, in a fight where Pettis looked anything but his normal self. During a recent fan Q&A for UFC 192, Pettis talked a little bit about that performance and said that from now on he’s going to work and train on what he does best, instead of worrying about his opponents strength, like he did against Dos Anjos.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to go back to focusing on what I\u2019m good at; last fight I was trying to focus on watching the wrestling and all that stuff. When I\u2019m out there focusing on what I\u2019m going to do and not what they\u2019re going to do, I feel like I have the best results. Obviously we\u2019re going to watch a little bit of film and how he stands, but other than that, it\u2019s just me being myself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Pettis also touched on his upcoming opponent and seemed to take a jab at him, saying that after his last two performances, he really doesn’t consider Alvarez much of a challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m focused on Eddie Alvarez, another good fighter, (but) based on his last two performances, I\u2019m not that impressed. If I\u2019m in there 100 percent and I\u2019m healthy and fight the way I fight, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s even a challenge.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis will be returning from a 10-month layoff to face former Bellator champ Eddie Alvarez. It will be the first time Pettis has fought since losing a one-sided decision to now current champ Rafael dos Anjos, in a fight where Pettis looked anything but his normal self. During a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":149384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nPettis Talks Eddie Alvarez: 'I Don't Think He's Even A Challenge' | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Anthony Pettis says Eddie Alvarez isn't even a challenge.......FULL story on BJPENN.COM.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/pettis-talks-eddie-alvarez-i-dont-think-hes-even-a-challenge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pettis Talks Eddie Alvarez: 'I Don't Think He's Even A Challenge' | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta 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