Jose Aldo tougher than Hendo, says Pettis

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Anthony Pettis shocked a lot of fans of the Ultimate Fighting Championship or the UFC when he decided to cash in his shot at the UFC Lightweight Championship against Jose Aldo, the current UFC Featherweight champion. Pettis was quite a success during his stint as a Lightweight fighter, winning the World Extreme Cage Fighting or the WEC Lightweight Championship, defeating Benson Henderson before the promotion ceased operations. Henderson currently serves as the UFC Lightweight champion and Pettis had the chance of usurping his throne once again.

But he decided against that fight and dropped down a weight class to take on Junior. And according to Pettis, who was speaking to a Brazilian Mixed Martial Arts media outlet, Jose Aldo has not had to fight anyone like him in his career and he hasn’t fought anyone of the caliber of the Brazilian in his career as well. Pettis admitted that the fight will be difficult for both the fighters and also stated that it will be a much tougher fight compared to the one he had against Benson Henderson in the WEC.

Pettis defeated Henderson via a decision result in the final WEC night to win the WEC Lightweight Championship and end his reign as the division’s top dog that had been running for almost a year. And recently, Pettis earned two consecutive Knockout of the Night honors and these two emphatic wins landed him at the top of the UFC’s Lightweight division once again.

Jose Aldo, on the other hand, has been the most dominant force in the Featherweight division since he arrived to the promotion and his record of 22-1 is extremely impressive as well. And he has also spoken about a move to Lightweight after the Pettis fight and things are really looking very interesting in the divisions.

About Brian Stann

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Brian Stann is a former marine for the United States Marines and a Mixed Martial Artist, currently signed on as a Middleweight fighter by the Ultimate Fighting Championship or the UFC. He has also had a stint with the World Extreme Cage Fighting or the WEC promotion where he reigned as the WEC Light Heavyweight champion before it was absorbed into the UFC. The March 2013 rankings of Sherdog rank Stann as the number nine Middleweight fighter in the world.

Stann was born in Japan near the Yokota Air Base but his upbringing was mainly in the Pennsylvania state of America. He enrolled in the United States Naval Academy and after graduating in 2003, he was appointed as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps, subsequently rising to the status of Captain. His career as a Mixed Martial Artist began in 2006 when he was still serving in his full capacity with the Marines. Brian Stann used to take the accumulated leaves he was due in order to train and prepare for the fights.

He voluntarily left active duty in 2008. He was still the Commanding Officer in the 8th Marine Regiment Headquarters Company while he was performing with the WEC. The officials of the Marine Corps have admitted that the story of Stann is widely used during the recruitment drives while Stann also accepts that without the Marine Corps Martial Arts Centre for Excellence, he wouldn’t have made it as a professional Mixed Martial Artist.

Brian Stann currently boasts of a professional record of 12 wins in 18 fights, 9 of which came via knockout, 1 via submission and 2 via decision. He has suffered two losses via knockout, submission and decision each. He also holds a blue belt in the martial arts form of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.