Which Pettis bro had the better comeback against a karateka?

[ExitLUPin]

Anthony down 0-2

Sergio down 0-3

Wonderboy gets Superman punch KO stiffens

Kyoji gets spinning backfist KO stiffens laid out for minutes

Exposing the weak defense in the pocket of most karatekas.

 

[andrejxvii]

Anthony over Wonderboy by far.

 

[Iron Nick]

Yes

 

[rear naked ankle pick]

that backfist didnt even look like it connected, crazy. It was lucky punch imo and Horiguchi destroys him in rematch

 

[HuskySamoan]

It hurts when the Gooch gets pounded.

 

[surgeyou1]

Big bro. Wonderboy had never been KO'd, even in like 50 kickboxing matches.

 

[CroCopsLHK]

What are you guys talking about? It was a spinning backfist after a ducked headkick for the world title. I didn't see the fight but if Sergio was down 0-3, that's a much better comeback

Anthony's was cool as fuck too, but it was a bit more conventional.

 

[WHITELIONBAR]

It hurts when the Gooch gets pounded.[/

It hurts when the Gooch gets pounded.

are you talkin from experience

 

[JustOnce]

First thought is WB - Pettis but on a second thought, objectively it has to be lil bro-Guchi

a) Guchi is a better pound for pound fighter than WB and just as good at striking if not better, but much more well rounded

b) Guchi was wiping the floor with Pettis for three rounds, whereas WB may have been winning, but Pettis was hanging in there and he came prepared. Sergio looked completely outclassed, and looked as bad as anyone has in a world title fight.

c) It was for the world title fight won in a championship round over a real world champ in that weight class, validating his previous win.

d) Anthony is a finisher. Sergio is not, which made that even more unlikely.

e) It's a better ko.

 

[PrepareForGlory]

that backfist didnt even look like it connected, crazy. It was lucky punch imo and Horiguchi destroys him in rematch

And Pettis is known as a decision machine too. It wasn't hard but Horiguchi didn't see it coming at all and that's what did it.

 

[PicoPulse]

that backfist didnt even look like it connected, crazy. It was lucky punch imo and Horiguchi destroys him in rematch

That headkick rolling off in the position/way it did I think really let him know the spacing was correct

 

[JustOnce]

Gif for reference

 

[Sweater of AV]

Sergio imho.

 

[Grandwizard666]

Both lose the rematches
Anthony was getting lit up pretty bad and looked like he didn't even belong in that weight class and didn't even win a single ww fight after right? So I pick him

 

[JustOnce]

Lucky shots are always debatable in sports, you know, but all I will say is, Pettis looked like a dogshit for the entire fight before that single shot. Likely the worst performance in a single world title fight, at least one of, until that.

At least Anthony actually put up a decent effort until that superman punch. I wouldn't say he was winning, but he was hanging in there.

 

[Leinster Rugby]

Anthony imo but I really admire Sergio for holding back on unnecessary hammer fists post ko

 

[TJ Dillashank]

Sergio was getting dominated 4 and a half rounds and got the KO

 

[JustOnce]

All the credits in the world to Sergio, but I really thought he looked absolutely terrible. But maybe this will galvanize him going forward, and maybe this is a start of better things for Sergio.

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

Sergio IMO cause who he did it against a better fighter.

 

[Satan's Daddy.]

Gif for reference

Sergio was better because at least there was more of a tell what was coming in the wb one.