4. Sergio Pettis’ fresh start
It was good to see [autotag]Sergio Pettis[/autotag] do so well in his Bellator debut. After garnering some criticism for never getting a finish in his 14-fight UFC career, Pettis was able to paint a different picture to start his Bellator tenure.
Pettis lit up Alfred Khashakyan with his strikes then choked him out cold on the mat for his first finish since 2013. The haters will say it only happened because he took a step back in competition with Bellator, but Khashakyan is by no means a can. Make no mistake that it was set up for Pettis to shine, though, and he delivered in spades.
He was never able to get over the hump and get a title fight during his UFC run, but Pettis put himself in a good spot to fight for Bellator’s vacant bantamweight title whenever the promotion decides to crown a new champion.
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