Anthony Pettis’s last fight for the WEC was always going to be memorable.
A month shy of his 24th birthday, Pettis was lined up to face Benson Henderson in the main event of WEC 53, the final show for the promotion before it merged with the UFC. Henderson was one of the WEC’s biggest stars and had yet to lose inside the confines of the blue cage.
Not only that, but one of the two men were expected to go on to face the winner of a UFC title fight between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard.