BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » petrino https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 UFC Rio gets second heavyweight fight with Vitor Petrino vs. Thomas Petersen https://www.badmma.com/ufc-rio-gets-second-heavyweight-fight-with-vitor-petrino-vs-thomas-petersen.html https://www.badmma.com/ufc-rio-gets-second-heavyweight-fight-with-vitor-petrino-vs-thomas-petersen.html#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2025 03:00:00 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/ufc-rio-gets-second-heavyweight-fight-with-vitor-petrino-vs-thomas-petersen.html Vitor Petrino | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC UFC’s yet-to-be-announced Fight Night event in Rio de Janeiro has another fight lined up for Oct. 11, as Vitor Petrino takes on Thomas Petersen in Brazil. Multiple people with knowledge of the situation confirmed the pairing with MMA Fighting.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/ufc-rio-gets-second-heavyweight-fight-with-vitor-petrino-vs-thomas-petersen.html/feed 0 ‘I’m never going back to 205’: Vitor Petrino celebrates heavyweight debut at UFC Nashville https://www.badmma.com/im-never-going-back-to-205-vitor-petrino-celebrates-heavyweight-debut-at-ufc-nashville.html https://www.badmma.com/im-never-going-back-to-205-vitor-petrino-celebrates-heavyweight-debut-at-ufc-nashville.html#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2025 03:00:00 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/im-never-going-back-to-205-vitor-petrino-celebrates-heavyweight-debut-at-ufc-nashville.html Vitor Petrino weighed in at 249 pounds | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Vitor Petrino is living his best life after getting rid of weight cuts, and expects it to reflect in a better performance when he enters the octagon Saturday to face off with heavyweight Austen Lane in the main card portion of UFC Nashville . The 27-year-old had a great start in the UFC, knocking out Rodolfo Bellato at Dana White ’s Contender Series and then going 4-0 in the promotion with a pair of finishes and bonuses. Petrino stumbled hard next in 2024, losing quickly as a massive favorite over Anthony Smith and then suffering a third-round knockout defeat to Dustin Jacoby

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