Anthony Pettis will find out Tuesday whether surgery is needed for the broken foot he suffered in his loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 241. Pettis’ longtime head coach, Duke Roufus, told MMA Junkie that the former UFC champion initially hurt his right foot on a head kick attempt but “really (expletive) it up” on a low kick that was expertly checked by Diaz en route to the unanimous-decision defeat . Roufus said he was unaware to the extent of Pettis’ injury during the bout, because, unlike the broken hand in his UFC 229 loss to Tony Ferguson, the fighter failed to disclose what had happened until after the fight. “He didn’t tell me what was happening at all,” Roufus told MMA Junkie. “He didn’t want me to stop it. He told me before the fight, ‘Don’t stop the fight if something happens.’ He told me not to stop the fight.” Although Roufus didn’t know exactly what was plaguing Pettis (22-9 MMA, 9-8 UFC) in the fight with Diaz (20-11 MMA, 15-9 UFC), he said he knew something was off.
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Duke Roufus ‘blown away’ Anthony Pettis fought with broken foot, sees 155 return next – MMA Junkie