One of the greatest things to happen during the aftermath of UFC 156 was Anthony Pettis taking this title shot business into his own hands and requesting to fight the current featherweight champ and guy who many consider one of (if not the) best pound for pound MMA fighter in the world-Jose Aldo. It was as though Pettis was watching UFC 156 while baking a homemade machismo cake and he just kept pouring his liquid cajones into a pyrex measuring cup until it overflowed and spilled out all over the post UFC 156 press conference.

If you are Anthony Pettis, and frustrated with waiting for a title shot in your current lightweight division what do you do? Apparently, you text Dana White ten minutes prior to the post fight presser and request a title shot in the weight class just below. At about 11 minutes and 51 seconds into the post fight presser Dana White revealed that he received that interesting text from Pettis and he sounded pretty impressed with the idea.

It took just over 48 hours to bring this matchup of two of our favorite former WEC badasses and now UFC badasses to fruition. USA Today is now reporting that they were informed by Dana White himself on Monday evening that indeed, Anthony Pettis will drop to 145lbs to meet featherweight champ Jose Aldo for the title on August 3rd, 2013.

Take a moment to celebrate this news by running around your living room attempting to pummel the air with superman punches and flying knees off your walls right now.

"Two of the baddest dudes in the fight business are going to fight at 145 pounds. These guys are two of the most amazing, gravity-defying athletes in the sport. I am so pumped for this fight."

According to USAToday's report from White-he is still looking for a venue for the event and potential location ideas on the table as of right now are Las Vegas, Chicago, Texas and Rio De Janiero. Personally, with all the gravity defying awesomeness this fight has the potential to create-I think they ought to hit up NASA and the Glenn Research Center and hold the event inside the Zero Gravity Research Facility. WEC never die! [Source]

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+14 # H 2013-02-05 06:29

My brain has just exploded reading this!!!!

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+16 # Cheebo 2013-02-05 06:44

GET HYPE


Pettis is the Neo to Aldos Agent Smith. you have just Entered the Matrix (analogies)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPGx1vMYdLA

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zt8ecgXPtY

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsHAMYx4duI

































And I think we need some femininity up in here so have some of this!
First to tell me where she's from gets a chicken and ham Cornish Pasty.

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+15 # Cheebo 2013-02-05 06:52

WEC NEVER FUCKING DIE

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-11 # Asshole 2013-02-05 09:18

Fuck them both. Aldo would and should split decision them both ANY DAY.

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+1 # acmichal 2013-02-05 07:35

Me after reading this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md_8WJzhsow&t=0m3s

No reach or weight advantage this time for Rihanna fan. I'm gay for Pettis.

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+8 # Sidecheckkick 2013-02-05 08:46

Hyped?! yes i am. 100%

Got Aldo winning this 85% sure.

The loser will break and never be the same again 90% sure. and that makes me a little sad but im still hyped for this, still 100%

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0 # rippie74 2013-02-05 08:48

I guess Henderson wasn't available @ 55?

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+4 # SnakeJake 2013-02-05 09:00

Henderson is gonna fight Melendez first and if it goes to a boring, controversial split decision (and it might) there might be an immediate rematch. Pettis could be on the sidelines for a year or even more.

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0 # CharlatansUnited 2013-02-05 10:49

Both of those two are gonna be conservative as hell--a smell a snooze fest

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+13 # SnakeJake 2013-02-05 09:01

I say give him a warm-up fight at 145. I hear Guida has just come off a big win.

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+2 # Sidecheckkick 2013-02-05 09:11

HAHA you hate pettis dont you?

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+18 # Instant Karma 2013-02-05 09:33

nobody wants to see Guida "fight" anyone, let alone screw up title shots that fans actually want to see.

If Guida wants to bounce around and hump legs he can do it o the facebook prelims, he doesn't deserve to fight legit fighters after his last two performances.

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0 # Paul Harris 2013-02-05 10:14

Not that I won't watch it, anyone else slightly angered that the FW devision is gonna be held up for a little while?

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+12 # CharlatansUnited 2013-02-05 10:47

Shit, I needed Pettis to take Bendos belt not Aldos

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+7 # Sambro 2013-02-05 10:48

Finally, Pettis gets his title shot.

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-2 # žoni 2013-02-05 13:49

pettis is really gay, and he will get his shitle tot

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0 # ninja-squirrel 2013-02-05 15:39

Yeah wooooohuuuuu
Vittu saatana todellaki kehiin vaaan todellista sotaa!!!!!

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