"I'm a complete fighter, so I can throw those moves at people and I will be fine if the fight ends up on the ground or my opponent gets my back or something. I have confidence in doing that stuff because I feel like I'm good everywhere...I think it's going to be a fight the fans are going to love; neither one of us will quit. I've never been finished and I don't think he has either, so we don't quit and it's going to be a crazy fight. I think it will be one of those fights that no one wants to miss," stated WEC lightweight Antony Pettis as he talked about his recent win over Shane Roller at WEC 50, a future clash with WEC lightweight champion Ben Henderson, and much more. Check it out!

PC: Congrats on your win over Shane Roller. How do you feel you performed?

AP: Man, I feel I performed great, man. I came up with a game plan, I got better at my weakness and I got to show it to the world.

PC: You were doing things that I've never seen done before in a MMA fight. Are those things that you work on or do they come to you during the fight?

AP: That's the kind of things I grew up doing. I've been doing martial arts my whole life. I got 2 brothers that do martial arts and we would just go after each other and see who has the best moves and show off. It's something I've been doing my whole life in martial arts tournaments and they come to me naturally.

PC: It may come off as showboating to some people, but that keeps your opponents on their toes because they don't know what to expect from you.

AP: Yeah man. I always say everybody in mixed martial arts is either a boxer with wrestling or a wrestler with Jiu Jitsu and nobody ever breaks that mold. I feel I'm that person that breaks that mold. I'm a complete fighter, so I can throw those moves at people and I will be fine if the fight ends up on the ground or my opponent gets my back or something. I have confidence in doing that stuff because I feel like I'm good everywhere.

PC: It was no secret Shane wanted to get the fight to the ground ASAP. You appeared very comfortable on your back with a strong wrestler like Roller. Was that the case?

AP: Yeah man, definitely. I worked on my takedown defense a lot, man. I worked with Pat Miletich for that fight, Ben Askren, and a lot of good wrestlers. My takedown defense is crazy good now and even my offensive wrestling has gotten better, so hopefully, in my next fight, I can showcase that.

PC: It looked like you were trying to set that triangle choke up a couple of times before you landed it. Did you sense him gassing and knew he would get a little lazy on the ground?

AP: Yeah, I did. He was really strong, man, and even when he was getting tired, he was doing a good job of keeping his strength and the same pace. A lot of opponents come out really strong and you can feel them get weaker as the fight goes along, but Shane stayed pretty strong all the way through. As far as the triangle goes, I'm always throwing up submissions off of my back. If you're not getting submissions thrown on you, then you're getting punched in the face or I'm passing positions on you. My objective off of my back is to always keep the other guy in trouble, either defending my submissions or giving me space to kick off and stand back up.

PC: I don't know if your chin has ever been in question, but he tagged you with some nice shots and you proved you can take as much as you give.

AP: Definitely man. He caught me with some nice shots. I said it after the fight, I've never been hit that many times in a fight. He did a good job of disguising his punches with his takedowns. I was really concerned with takedown defense. Now that I've seen the hole in my game, I'm going to go back to the gym and fix it. I'm not going to ball up like I was doing and I'm not going to let anyone set up their punches like that from takedowns. Big ups to Shane. He caught me and, like you said, I got a chin too, man.

PC: What does Pat Barry and Duke Roufus mean to you and your career right now?

AP: They mean everything. Not only those two guys, but Red Schafer, my Jiu Jitsu coach, has brought me a long ways really fast. He took a lot of time with me and got my Jiu Jitsu on point and the best in the division. Duke Roufus, Red Schafer and Pat Barry, those guys...if one of them was to not be able to make my fight, I wouldn't even fight the fight, man. Those guys mean everything right now.

PC: Ben Henderson has been tearing through guys, man. I'm sure you see holes in his game because every fighter has them. How do you see a fight between the two of you going? I think it would be crazy.

AP: I think it's going to be crazy, like you said, man. I think it's going to be a fight the fans are going to love; neither one of us will quit. I've never been finished and I don't think he has either, so we don't quit and it's going to be a crazy fight. I think it will be one of those fights that no one wants to miss.

PC: When would you like that fight? This year or early next year?

AP: I really don't care if that fight happens this year or next, man. I know it's coming, so I just want to get prepared as much as possible for this fight. If it happens this year, great. I'm on a roll and I'm feeling confident and if it happens next year, I'm cool with that too.

PC: Are you back in the gym already? Because the Roller fight was pretty grueling.

AP: I'm already back in the gym, man. I really don't take time off; it's just a different style of training. I'm training now to get better, but I start fight-training 2 ½ to 3 months out. But now, I just go in and have fun with my teammates and work on my weaknesses and keep it fun. You gotta keep it fun to get better. Once you start making it a job and dreading going to practice and don't want to be there, that's when you don't perform to your best potential. After the Roller fight, I think I earned a lot of fans and people respect me as a fighter.

PC: I appreciate the interview my man. Give me some closing thoughts "Showtime."

AP: I want to thank the fans and everyone for supporting MMA and making it possible; my coach, my camp and all of my sponsors. I gotta thank my agent group, Sucker Punch Entertainment, and thank you for doing the interview, man.