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Conor McGregor congratulates Anthony Pettis on becoming three-division winner: ‘Welcome to the club’

Anthony Pettis now finds himself in rare company and Conor McGregor is making sure he knows it.

There are only a handful of fighters who have won UFC bouts in more than two divisions and when it comes to featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight specifically, that list only includes Pettis, McGregor, and Kenny Florian. Pettis officially became a winner at 170 pounds when he knocked out two-time title challenger Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson in Saturday’s UFC Nashville main event.

Informed of this news on Twitter, McGregor responded by writing, “Welcome to the club.