THOMAS
PETERSEN
Overview
Thomas Petersen is a UFC Heavyweight fighter. (Data from ESPN; combat ratings are editorial estimates.)
Attributes (editorial ratings)
Tale of the Tape
Recent Form
Fight History
Petersen lost to Valter Walker via Submission (calf slicer) in round 1 (1:32) at UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Guskov on July 25, 2026, taking his record to 11-5.
Petersen defeated Guilherme Pat via Decision (majority) (28-28, 29-27, 29-27) in round 3 (5:00) at UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Duncan on April 4, 2026, taking his record to 11-4.
Petersen lost to Vitor Petrino via KO (punches) in round 3 (0:26) at UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot on Oct. 11, 2025, taking his record to 10-4.
Petersen defeated Don'Tale Mayes via Decision (unanimous) (30-25, 30-26, 30-26) in round 3 (5:00) at UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo on May 3, 2025, taking his record to 10-3.
Petersen lost to Shamil Gaziev via TKO (punch) in round 1 (3:12) at UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov on Feb. 1, 2025, taking his record to 9-3.
Petersen defeated Mohammed Usman via Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) in round 3 (5:00) at UFC on ESPN: Lemos vs. Jandiroba on July 20, 2024, taking his record to 9-2.
Petersen lost to Jamal Pogues via Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) in round 3 (5:00) at UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov on Feb. 3, 2024, taking his record to 8-2.
Petersen defeated Chandler Cole via Submission (keylock) in round 2 (1:08) at Dana White's Contender Series 2023: Week 4 on Aug. 29, 2023, taking his record to 8-1.
Petersen defeated Richard Foster via KO (punches) in round 1 (3:48) at LFA 150: Farias vs. Sweeney on Jan. 13, 2023, taking his record to 7-1.
Petersen defeated Kory Moegenburg via TKO (punches) in round 2 (3:14) at LFA 142: Amorim vs. Nichols on Sept. 16, 2022, taking his record to 6-1.
Petersen lost to Waldo Cortes-Acosta via TKO (punches) in round 3 (4:53) at LFA 129: Petersen vs. Cortes-Acosta (for the LFA Heavyweight Championship) on April 15, 2022, taking his record to 5-1.
Petersen defeated Vernon Lewis via TKO (punches) in round 1 (1:02) at LFA 113: Lewis vs. Petersen (for the vacant LFA Heavyweight Championship) on July 30, 2021, taking his record to 5-0.
Petersen defeated Odell Pantin via TKO (punches) in round 1 (3:33) at LFA 104: McKenzie vs. Phillips on April 16, 2021, taking his record to 4-0.
Petersen defeated Richard Luis via KO (punch) in round 1 (0:19) at LFA 97: Browne vs. Estrazulas on Jan. 15, 2021, taking his record to 3-0.
Petersen defeated Brian Peterson via TKO (punches) in round 1 (1:52) at LFA 82: Polizzi vs. Pogues on Feb. 21, 2020, taking his record to 2-0.
Petersen defeated B.J. Lacy via TKO (punches) in round 1 (2:12) at Driller Promotions: Mecca 16 on Dec. 21, 2019, taking his record to 1-0.
Career record from the fighter's Wikipedia record table; fight footage plays via the official YouTube embed from its original channel.
Analytics
- KO/TKO7 · 64%
- Submission1 · 9%
- Decision3 · 27%
- DQ/Other0 · 0%
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