UFC’s yet-to-be-announced Battle Evening occasion in Rio de Janeiro has one other struggle lined up for Oct. 11, as Vitor Petrino takes on Thomas Petersen in Brazil. A number of individuals with information of the state of affairs confirmed the pairing with MMA Preventing.
The match-up joins Jhonata Diniz vs. Mario Pinto, first reported by MMA Preventing for the corporate’s return to Cidade Maravilhosa. The promotion has but to disclose which fighters will headline the cardboard.
Petersen (10-3) is a former LFA heavyweight champion who joined the UFC after tapping out Chandler Cole at Dana White’s Contender Sequence in August 2023. The 30-year-old has a 80 p.c ending fee in his MMA wins, however went the space in each UFC victories, a pair of selections over Mohammed Usman and Don’Story Mayes.
Petrino (12-2) made quick work of Austen Lane in his heavyweight debut this previous weekend in Nashville, rebounding from consecutive 205-pound defeats to Anthony Smith and Dustin Jacoby with a first-round rear-naked choke end. He now holds a UFC report of 5-2.
Talking with MMA Preventing after the UFC Nashville win, Petrino volunteered to combating as quickly as doable now that he didn’t have to fret about slicing all the way down to mild heavyweight.
“That is my eighth struggle in lower than three years and I wish to maintain that tempo at heavyweight,” Petrino stated earlier this week. “If a struggle exhibits up tomorrow, simply put the shorts again on and get within the octagon [laughs]. I undoubtedly wish to struggle a few times extra this 12 months. The advantage of being a heavyweight is that we could be provided a struggle at any given second.”
Mike Heck contributed to this report.
