{"id":307056,"date":"2019-03-25T06:30:02","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T13:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=307056"},"modified":"2019-03-25T06:30:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T13:30:03","slug":"dana-white-praises-anthony-pettis-for-doing-what-tyron-woodley-couldnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-praises-anthony-pettis-for-doing-what-tyron-woodley-couldnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White praises Anthony Pettis for doing what Tyron Woodley couldn&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When former UFC lightweight champ Anthony Pettis knocked out two-time welterweight title challenger Stephen &#8220;Wonderboy&#8221; Thompson in the main event of UFC Nashville on Saturday night, he sent a shockwave through the MMA world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thompson, after all, had never been knocked out before \u2014 not even in his two welterweight title fights with murderous puncher Tyron Woodley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That fact in particular really impressed Dana White.  The UFC President praised Anthony Pettis for doing what Woodley couldn&#8217;t \u2014 though he was careful to assure he wasn&#8217;t bad mouthing Woodley \u2014 on the UFC Nashville post-fight show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPettis was a +385 underdog, huge underdog. I loved his gameplan from the beginning,\u201d White said (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/3\/24\/18279376\/dana-white-anthony-pettis-did-to-stephen-thompson-what-tyron-woodley-couldnt-do-twice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cI\u2019m assuming \u2014 I don\u2019t know this \u2014 (coach)\u00a0Duke Roufus\u00a0studied \u2018Wonderboy\u2019 and the way that he jumps with his karate movement, it\u2019s hard to block leg kicks, so he started busting up the legs early, both legs, on the outside, on the inside, to try to slow him down so he could punch with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThink about this,\u201d White continued, \u201cAnthony Pettis, who was 155 and moved up to 170, was able to do what (Tyron) Woodley couldn\u2019t do twice. I mean, that\u2019s pretty impressive. And I\u2019m not ragging on Tyron, which is going to be the thing that comes out of this, but what Pettis did tonight is unbelievable against a bigger [opponent]. Look at the size difference with these two tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dana White also discussed the next move for Anthony Pettis. Apparently, he&#8217;s open to anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cListen, I like any matchup for him after what he did tonight,\u201d White said. \u201cVery impressive. A very impressive gameplan. He came in, he executed. \u2018Wonderboy\u2019 was busting him up in the first round, the second round. He kept his composure, stuck to [what] I\u2019m assuming was the gameplan \u2014 I don\u2019t know that \u2014 but he looked damn good tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you think the future holds for Anthony Pettis after UFC Nashville? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 3\/24\/2019.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When former UFC lightweight champ Anthony Pettis knocked out two-time welterweight title challenger Stephen &#8220;Wonderboy&#8221; Thompson in the main event of UFC Nashville on Saturday night, he sent a shockwave through the MMA world. 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