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Anthony Pettis says he won't be fighting on the same card as his brother Sergio again after UFC 185
Mar 25, 2015 - 10:35:18 PM Anthony Pettis says he won't be fighting on the same card as his brother Sergio again after UFC 185

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

Anthony Pettis and his brother Sergio have appeared on two UFC cards together thus far, but after both lost at UFC 185, that may not happen again.

The elder Pettis commented on that this week in an interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, saying the emotional roller coaster of watching his brother get knocked out early in the night and needing to reset himself for the main event was not a good thing for him. He didn't blame his performance against Rafael dos Anjos on that issue, but thinks he needs to be concentrating only on himself when he gets back into a big fight.

"The biggest thing I think I'm gonna change is me and my little bro fighting on the same card," Pettis said. "The first time it went amazing, the second time not so well. He got knocked out, I had to watch that and get up mentally for my fight. Not making excuses or nothing, but them little things could have triggered my performance.

"He gets knocked out and then you gotta reset the battery, reset everything and try to get back up for the next fight. I think it was just a little bit too much for everybody emotionally to go through. Next time if I'm fighting in a big fight like that, it has to be all about me."

Penick's Analysis: It's a sensible precaution to take moving forward, because while it worked out for them at UFC 181, it's easy to see how Sergio's pretty much out of nowhere KO loss at UFC 185 could have jarred Anthony. Again, not what caused him to lose, but it easily could have weighed on his mind that night. That's not something he can risk on the same night again.