{"id":352864,"date":"2020-06-11T05:59:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T12:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=352864"},"modified":"2020-06-11T05:59:25","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T12:59:25","slug":"anthony-pettis-respectfully-challenges-anderson-silva-spider-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anthony-pettis-respectfully-challenges-anderson-silva-spider-responds\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Pettis respectfully challenges Anderson Silva, “Spider” responds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Pettis has respectfully called for a fight against middleweight legend Anderson Silva.<\/p>\n

“The Spider” Silva has been out of action for a year since his UFC 237 fight against Jared Cannonier. His opponent used a leg kick to finish him by TKO in the final seconds of the first round. Prior to that, the Brazilian fighter suffered another loss to the current middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya. “Stylebender” out-landed Silva and earned himself the unanimous decision victory.<\/p>\n

In his other recent outings, the fighting veteran has suffered losses against fighters such as Michael Bisping, Daniel Cormier and Chris Weidman. Nevertheless, there’s no denying Silva’s status as one of the best to ever do it.<\/p>\n

Despite being labelled by some as “over the hill” by some, Silva is still considered one of the greatest fighters of all time. His impact on MMA is not lost on “Showtime” Pettis. H<\/p>\n

Pettis respectfully challenged Silva on social media.<\/p>\n

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It would be an honor !!! @spiderandersonsilva #forthefans #185 #letsgo<\/a><\/p>\n

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