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QUOTABLES: Andrew Jenks explains why Anthony Pettis was chosen for "World of Jenks" episode
Nov 3, 2010 - 12:35:46 PM QUOTABLES: Andrew Jenks explains why Anthony Pettis was chosen for "World of Jenks" episode

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"I don't think I've ever said this before. But [in Anthony Pettis' tape sent over by the UFC and WEC] he went to his dad's grave site, and I was watching the tape and wasn't even really listening to him and he goes to the site and it's full of snow, packed, all snow, the whole area, and you can't see anything. And he walks right up to his dad's grave site and rubs off the snow and it was right where the stone was and I was like, 'Holy cow, this kid must be sincere cause he must go there everyday cause he knew exactly where it was.' So that was point where I said 'I don't care' -- like everyone was saying 'he just lost, he may not be the next big thing,' and I was like, 'I don't care, he seems like a real good guy to follow."

-Filmmaker Andrew Jenks talks to Ariel Helwani at MMAFighting.com about how Anthony Pettis was chosen to be the subject of an episode of his "World of Jenks" show on MTV. The show highlighted a week in Pettis' life as he prepared for his WEC 47 bout with Danny Castillo.

Penick's Analysis: The half hour "World of Jenks" show I think did more to showcase the personality and more to make fans care about a fighter as a person than any of the countdown or Primetime shows I've seen. It was such a well done half hour program, and a really cool look into a very genuine kid in Pettis. With Pettis now set for a chance to capture the WEC Lightweight Championship, and receive a shot at the UFC Lightweight Championship, this show will have done a lot to bring his story to the forefront and make him a very sellable challenger when he enters the UFC in 2011.