With the media blitz for his UFC 229 co-main event against Tony Ferguson fully underway, I wondered out loud if Anthony Pettis was already tired of talking to us.
He laughed.
“I’m enjoying this one,” said the former UFC lightweight champion. “I came into this one energized, ready as hell, dotted my I’s, crossed my T’s, and I’m ready to go.”
When was the last time that happened?
“It’s been a while, man. It’s been a while since I came into fight week excited about everything. I feel good.”
He should. After nearly two years in the wilderness that saw him go from the top of the sport to a fighter with a 1-4 record during a stretch in which he lost his belt, his aura of invincibility and included a rough visit to the featherweight division, Pettis moved back to 155 pounds in July of last year, beat Jim Miller, engaged in a Fight of the Night with Dustin Poirier, and then submitted Michael Chiesa.