RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – OCTOBER 11: (L-R) Vitor Petrino of Brazil knees Thomas Petersen in a heavyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at Farmasi Arena on October 11, 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC)
The first round started steady with heavy grappling sequences but towards the end of the round Petrino landed a great right hand and dropped Petersen heavy knocking out his mouth piece but Petersen made it through to hear the bell.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – OCTOBER 11: (L-R) Vitor Petrino of Brazil punches Thomas Petersen in a heavyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at Farmasi Arena on October 11, 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC)
The untidy grappling continued in Round 2 with neither man having a particularly impressive round as they both seemingly gassed badly from an intense first 5 minutes.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – OCTOBER 11: (L-R) Thomas Petersen punches Vitor Petrino of Brazil in a heavyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at Farmasi Arena on October 11, 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC)
Round 3 started and was over in the blink of an eye, a phenomenal shot by Petrino flatlined Petersen and left him face planted on the canvas.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – OCTOBER 11: Vitor Petrino of Brazil knocks out Thomas Petersen in a heavyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at Farmasi Arena on October 11, 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC)
Official Result: Vitor Petrino def. Thomas Petersen via KO (Uppercut) at 0:26 of Round 3
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