UFC 223: 5 Crazy Predictions

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#2 Return of The Showtime Kick

Anthony Pettis hitting the Showtime Kick on Benson Henderson
Anthony Pettis hitting the Showtime Kick on Benson Henderson

It has now been almost eight years since Anthony Pettis springboarded off a WEC cage and shot his foot into Benson Henderson's face at WEC 53 in a successful attempt at winning the WEC Lightweight Championship. It has also been over 3 years since Anthony Pettis lost the UFC Lightweight Championship to Rafael Dos Anjos, the last time Pettis held a title.

It's safe to say that Pettis's career has not been on an upswing since then, taking 3 losses in a row, an unsuccessful run at Featherweight, and a rocky return to Lightweight, with losses to Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier respectively.

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Therefore, it seems like it's time for Pettis to pull out all the stops and springboard himself back into an advantageous position, and what better way to do that than by recreating the kick that originally shot him into the MMA stratosphere? His fight with Michael Chiesa does not promise an easy time for the former champ, but it does promise an exciting one. Like he did against Benson Henderson, will Pettis rise to the spotlight again and prove to everyone that it's still Showtime?

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