{"id":81262,"date":"2014-01-10T10:58:37","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T18:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=81262"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:17:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:17:43","slug":"pettis-fires-off-at-thomson-i-dont-even-know-how-he-got-the-title-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/pettis-fires-off-at-thomson-i-dont-even-know-how-he-got-the-title-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Pettis Fires Off At Thomson: &#8220;I don&#8217;t even know how he got the title shot&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/pettisPNG.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74777\" title=\"pettisPNG\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/pettisPNG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/pettisPNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/pettisPNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/pettisPNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just one fight into his latest UFC stint and former Strikeforce lightweight champion, Josh Thomson, was poised to square off for the UFC title opposite Anthony Pettis.<\/p>\n<p>After an unfortunate injury, Pettis was forced out of their scheduled December showdown and Thomson, has now gone on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/benson-henderson-vs-josh-thompson-ufc-on-fox-10-main-event-ufc-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to headline UFC on FOX 10 opposite, Benson Henderson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Thomson, was filling in as a replacement against Pettis for the injured, T.J. Grant, but when Pettis pulled out of their fight, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/thomson-knows-better-says-pettis-could-have-fought-him-on-torn-pcl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomson said he knew it all along<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to FOX Sports, the champ, Anthony Pettis, fired one back towards Thomson, questioning his legitimacy as the UFC&#8217;s true number one contender.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;He&#8217;s gonna talk, whatever,&#8221;<\/em> Pettis told <a href=\"http:\/\/msn.foxsports.com\/ufc\/story\/pettis-fires-back-at-thomson-i-don-t-even-know-how-he-got-the-title-shot-010914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOX Sports<\/a>. <em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t even know how he got the title shot to begin with.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Pettis recently underwent surgery for a torn PCL and is expected to return to action later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just one fight into his latest UFC stint and former Strikeforce lightweight champion, Josh Thomson, was poised to square off for the UFC title opposite Anthony Pettis. 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