{"id":243909,"date":"2017-07-08T11:21:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T18:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=243909"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:28:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:28:10","slug":"anthony-pettis-explains-change-in-training-camp-ahead-of-ufc-213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anthony-pettis\/anthony-pettis-explains-change-in-training-camp-ahead-of-ufc-213\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Pettis explains change in training camp ahead of UFC 213"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis will be making his highly anticipated return to the lightweight division<\/a> tonight at UFC 213 when he faces UFC veteran Jim Miller in a pivotal fight for the former champ.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the fight, Anthony Pettis spoke to MMAFighting<\/a> to explain what he did different for this training camp to return to the win column after going just 1-4<\/a> in his past 5 fights.<\/p>\n

\"Anthony<\/p>\n

\u201c(I feel) stronger than I was before I was a champion,\u201d Pettis said. \u201cMy body feels way stronger than it was when I was a champion. I have a lot more explosive muscle, because I lifted. I\u2019d never lifted before. I did strength and conditioning, but it was like sport specific, a sprint here or there. This time, I went and lifted. I had a five-day lifting routine, and I never did that before.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a fun time. It was like a different kind of training, different goals to set. I was maxing out bench press at like 305. I never \u2014 I think could bench like 185 pounds or something, I never really tried, so it has been good.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI never needed [weight training],\u201d Pettis said. \u201cI mean, I was killing these guys without weight lifting and I was like, you know, \u2018I\u2019m faster and I\u2019m quicker and I don\u2019t need this strength.\u2019 And I feel like now they\u2019re trying to neutralize that speed by pushing me into the cage, and I\u2019ve got to have an answer for that.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Anthony<\/p>\n

Pettis, who was once considered one of the top pound for pound fighters in the UFC, dropped three straight losses<\/a> at lightweight starting in 2015, when he lost the UFC lightweight title to Rafael dos Anjos before then dropping back to back decision losses to Eddie Alvarez and Edson Barboza. Upon making his featherweight debut nearly a year ago, Pettis picked up a submission win over Charles Oliveira, before then dropping a 3rd round TKO loss to Max Holloway<\/a> in his most recent fight, a UFC 206 main event scrap for the interim featherweight title, which saw Pettis become ineligible to win the belt after missing weight.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 7\/8\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis will be making his highly anticipated return to the lightweight division tonight at UFC 213 when he faces UFC veteran Jim Miller in a pivotal fight for the former champ. 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