VANCOUVER – Anthony Pettis needed a win in the worst kind of way at UFC on FOX 21 on Saturday night, and he got a dramatic one in his featherweight debut.
Pettis was able to secure a guillotine choke on Charles Oliveira in the co-main event, forcing the Brazilian to tap at the 1:49 mark of the third round.
Brazil's Oliveira wasted no time in dishing out what his game plan was, as he immediately went to work trying to take Pettis down on the fence with a single-leg. Pettis fought off the first attempt, but a minute-and-a-half later had given up his back to the jiu-jitsu player Oliveira.