It didn’t take long for Anthony Pattis to find a new home: “Showtime” is coming to PFL.
Pattis, a former UFC and WEC lightweight champion, will join the PFL for his 2021 season and compete in the 5 155. P.F.L. Announced the news Promotional partner ESPN reported it shortly on Wednesday.
Pattis (24-10) fought his UFC contract last Saturday with a unanimous decision on Alex Morono in UFC Fight Night 183.
Pattis spoke openly about his imminent free agency leading the fight, and announced his departure from the UFC on Tuesday. Pattis to P.F.L. It didn’t take long to sign up, with promotions that run on the same system as the main team games, regular-season battles, playoffs and championship winners in each weight class. Pettis is also believed to be a potential suitor in Bellator, as promotion president Scott Cocker showed interest in MMA Junkie on Tuesday night.
Pattis won the WEC Lightweight Championship at WEC 53, the final event of the promotion in December 2010, sealing the deal on the scorecards in a close fight with his Benson Henderson’s famous “Showtime Kick” in close seconds. In 2013, Pattis submitted to Henderson at UFC 164 in his hometown of Milwaukee to claim the UFC lightweight belt, and lost it to Rafael Dos Anjos in 2015.
Pattis struggled to regain his footing from there, fighting everywhere from featherweight to welterweight, but he ended up winning his UFC straight two straight.
No date or first opponent has been named for Pattis. The 2021 season of the PFL is set to begin on April 23 in Las Vegas.
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