{"id":41071,"date":"2026-10-15T06:25:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T06:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Former-UFC-champion-Anthony-Pettis-set-to-box-Neeraj-Goyat-in-India-203228"},"modified":"2026-10-15T06:25:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T06:25:58","slug":"former-ufc-champion-anthony-pettis-set-to-box-neeraj-goyat-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/former-ufc-champion-anthony-pettis-set-to-box-neeraj-goyat-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC champion Anthony Pettis set to box Neeraj Goyat in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Anthony
\nPettis<\/a> will face Indian boxer Neeraj
\nGoyat<\/a> in a six-round bout on Jan. 23, 2027.<\/p>\n


\nMost Valuable Promotions<\/a> announced the matchup Wednesday. The
\n154-pound contest will headline \u201cGoyat vs. Pettis: The Indian
\nUprising,\u201d presented by IPBL Boxing and sanctioned by the Indian
\nBoxing Council. Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Chennai are under
\nconsideration as host cities, with a decision expected in
\nNovember.<\/p>\n

\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Anthony Pettis seeks family redemption after Sergio Pettis’
\nboxing loss in India<\/h2>\n

Goyat (21-4-2, 9 KOs), 34, is a former WBC Asia champion who has
\ncompeted internationally for more than a decade. He joined MVP in
\n2024 and defeated Brazilian influencer Whindersson Nunes by
\nunanimous decision on the Jake
\nPaul<\/a>-Mike Tyson undercard.<\/p>\n

Pettis captured the WEC lightweight championship in 2010 before
\nwinning the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> lightweight title in 2013. He
\nalso defeated Roy Jones Jr. by majority decision in his
\nprofessional boxing debut at Gamebred Boxing 4 in April 2023.<\/p>\n

The matchup also has personal significance for Pettis. His younger
\nbrother, Sergio
\nPettis<\/a>, lost a unanimous decision to Indian boxer Sabari
\nJaishankar in Hyderabad in March 2025. Anthony hopes to avenge that
\ndefeat.<\/p>\n

Further undercard information, broadcast arrangements and ticket
\ndetails will be announced later.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 INDIA STAND UP Neeraj Goyat returns home
\nfor one of the biggest fights of his career as he takes on former
\nUFC Lightweight World Champion Anthony Pettis in a six round super
\nwelterweight showdown at 154 lbs. \ud83e\udd4a\ud83d\udd25 It all goes down Saturday,
\nJanuary 23, 2027 as part of the biggest card in Indian boxing
\nhistory. #GoyatvsPettis<\/p>\n

\u2014 MVP – Most Valuable Promotions (@MostVpromotions)
\nOctober 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Anthony Pettis will face Indian boxer Neeraj Goyat in a six-round bout on Jan. 23, 2027. Most Valuable Promotions announced the matchup Wednesday. The 154-pound contest will headline \u201cGoyat vs. Pettis: The Indian Uprising,\u201d presented by IPBL Boxing and sanctioned by the Indian Boxing Council. Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Chennai are under consideration as host cities, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}