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Former UFC champion Anthony 'Showtime' Pettis announces he's parting ways with company
The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxAnthony Pettis has revealed he's leaving UFC after 11 years with the company.The former WEC lightweight and UFC world champion says he's 'forever grateful for everything' he experienced during his time.The MMA fighter, 33, from Wisconsin, started training in taekwondo and boxing when he was only five years old.He made his professional debut in 2007 and won the World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) Gladiator Fighting Series Lightweight Championship.'Showtime' joined UFC in 2010 during a merger with WEC.Earlier this week, there was speculation that the MMA would join his brother, Sergio Pettis, in Bellator after his UFC contract ended.But in