Despite being stifled on the mat in his most recent bout, Sergio Pettis wants a fight against one of the best grapplers in the flyweight division next. Pettis (16-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) has called for a matchup against Jussier Formiga (21-5 MMA, 4-4 UFC), who is coming off a third-round submission of Ben Nguyen this past Saturday at UFC 221, which took place at Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia. Related Here's that spinning backfist that Jussier Formiga used to floor Ben Nguyen at UFC 221 “The Phenom” took to social media to congratulate the Brazilian on his win, then asked to fight him (via Instagram ): Congrats Jussier Formiga on your performance this past weekend. But what’s good let’s set this up. Pettis, No. 6 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA flyweight rankings , is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Henry Cejudo at UFC 218 in December.
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Sergio Pettis calls out UFC 221 winner Jussier Formiga – MMA Junkie