{"id":84035,"date":"2014-01-29T13:54:24","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T21:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=84035"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:11:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:11:46","slug":"pettis-using-fox-10-bonus-money-to-pay-for-much-needed-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/pettis-using-fox-10-bonus-money-to-pay-for-much-needed-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Pettis Using FOX 10 Bonus Money To Pay For Much Needed Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-on-fox-10-results-cacares-ends-pettis-win-streak-submits-him-in-third-round\/sergio-pettis-wins-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-83385\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83385\" title=\"sergio pettis Wins PNG\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/sergio-pettis-Wins-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/sergio-pettis-Wins-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/sergio-pettis-Wins-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/sergio-pettis-Wins-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u201cHe\u2019s been wearing contacts into the cage. They get knocked out early in the fight, so what happens is he stands there squinting in front of his opponents. That\u2019s what\u2019s caused him to get hit so much in his last two fights. It\u2019s easier for him to look at them if he stays still in front of his opponents instead of moving his feet.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt dramatically improved Anthony\u2019s game. So that\u2019s what Sergio\u2019s going to do. He\u2019s going to reinvest that bonus wisely and get that corrective surgery.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/01\/trainer-sergio-pettis-to-use-ufc-bonus-money-toward-corrective-eye-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie.com<\/a>, Duke Roufus, the trainer of both Pettis brothers, said that Sergio is going under the knife to repair his vision before returning to the cage.<\/p>\n<p>Sergio suffered <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/video-watch-bruce-leeroy-tap-pettis-in-ufc-on-fox-10-prelims-headliner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his first career defeat at the hands of Alex Cacares<\/a> last weekend during the UFC on FOX 10 preliminary card. He did however earn Fight of the Night honors and pocketed an extra $50k.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been wearing contacts into the cage. They get knocked out early in the fight, so what happens is he stands there squinting in front of his opponents. That\u2019s what\u2019s caused him to get hit so much in his last two fights. It\u2019s easier for him to look at them if he stays still in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":83385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[131,230,3654,7092,500,11,649,664,860,15,16,6318],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pettis Using FOX 10 Bonus Money To Pay For Much Needed Surgery | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/pettis-using-fox-10-bonus-money-to-pay-for-much-needed-surgery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pettis Using FOX 10 Bonus Money To Pay For Much Needed Surgery | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cHe\u2019s been wearing contacts into the cage. 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