JonSnitchPhones
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Lol @ Sherdog
"Pettis won with a torn shoulder, he's so awesome!!"
"Anderson had a hurt rib during Weidman fight?? Yeah right he's just making excuses."
Facepalm
You're employing the logical fallacy of a false equivalence.
Pettis won, and in dominant fashion, so he doesn't need to make excuses. Anderson lost, so he does however. They are not remotely equivalent situations. There isn't any reason to believe Pettis is making things up, given there's no real benefit in him reporting an injury. Whereas with Anderson, he would have the motive because it would explain away a loss.
If you have a real noticeable injury where you're not moving (like Cain), stumbling around (like Mayhem + Browne), or not throwing hands period (like Faber vs. Brown); you have an excuse because there's clear evidence the injury vastly effected your performance. But in Anderson's case, he was dancing around, and everybody has some injury, so it doesn't fly.