{"id":43164,"date":"2012-10-23T11:21:44","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T18:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=43164"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:29:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:29:47","slug":"anthony-pettis-hospitalized-with-staph-infection-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/anthony-pettis-hospitalized-with-staph-infection-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Pettis hospitalized with staph infection | UFC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/PETTISBW.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42777\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/PETTISBW.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/PETTISBW.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/PETTISBW-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/PETTISBW-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC lightweight contender Anthony &#8220;Showtime&#8221; Pettis just can&#8217;t seem to stay out of the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The former WEC lightweight champion, Pettis,\u00a0has been plagued by a shoulder injury for more than a year. He recently &#8220;went under the knife&#8221; to repair the damaged shoulder and was expecting to return to the UFC octagon in January of 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Anthony was re-admitted\u00a0to a hospital in\u00a0Milwaukee,\u00a0this after a staph infection was discovered in his elbow. If there is any good news in this, it&#8217;s that Pettis is not expected to face any serious side effects from the infection.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Showtime&#8221; has not fought since February 25, when he knocked out Joe Lauzon in the first round at UFC 144 in Japan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pettis is expected to square off with Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone in January of 2013. The bout is widely expected to serve as a number one contender eliminator match, with the winner facing either Benson Henderson or Nate Diaz, depending on who comes out of UFC on Fox 5 the champion.\u00a0&#8220;Showtime&#8221; and &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; have participated in a long-running verbal feud, with Cerrone accusing Pettis of trying to avoid him.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s to hoping that Anthony is able to make a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight contender Anthony &#8220;Showtime&#8221; Pettis just can&#8217;t seem to stay out of the hospital. The former WEC lightweight champion, Pettis,\u00a0has been plagued by a shoulder injury for more than a year. 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