Anthony Pettis says he was faced with an impossible choice the day before UFC 206.
Make the contracted weight for an interim featherweight title fight and risk not being able to fight at all, or stop cutting, come in heavy and allow the fight to go on.
Pettis chose the latter. After a “brutal” weight cut, he came in three pounds over the 145-pound limit and was not able to win the interim featherweight belt had he defeated Max Holloway in the main event fight Dec. 10.
“Showtime” was still able to fight, though, rather than the UFC losing a headliner.