{"id":220331,"date":"2017-01-31T10:08:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T18:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=220331"},"modified":"2017-01-31T10:08:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T18:08:11","slug":"mairbek-taisumov-waiting-anthony-pettis-sign-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anthony-pettis\/mairbek-taisumov-waiting-anthony-pettis-sign-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Mairbek Taisumov is “tired of waiting” for Anthony Pettis to sign his contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chechen-Austrian talent Mairbek Taisumov is one of the hottest prospects in UFC lightweight division. For the reasoning behind this claim, look no further than his four most recent fights in the Octagon.<\/p>\n

First, he put away Marcin Bandel with punches just 1:01 into the first round of an October 2014 bout. Then, he knocked Anthony Christodoulou out cold just 38 seconds into the second round of a January 2015 fight. Next, in June of 2015, he thumped Alan Patrick to a second round TKO. Finally and most recently he returned from a long layoff to TKO\u00a0Damir Had\u017eovi\u0107 in the first round. Now 4-0 in his last four, with finishes in all of those fights, the rising lightweight is undeniably ready for a big step up \u2013 and it sounds like he’s about to get one.<\/p>\n

On Sunday afternoon, Taisumov took to Twitter to tell Anthony Pettis to hurry up and sign his contract, which of course implies that the UFC is working on a fight between the two dangerous finishers. See this Tweet below:<\/p>\n

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Tired of waiting, when is he signing the contract? @UFCEurope<\/a> @ufc<\/a> @danawhite<\/a> @showtimepettis<\/a> #taisumov<\/a> #pettis<\/a> #dontcarewho<\/a> #iamready<\/a> #ufc<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/dntFSQCSSP<\/a><\/p>\n

— Mairbek Taisumov (@Taisumov155) January 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n