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Steven Peterson Received New UFC Deal After Accepting Bout vs. Overweight Luis Pena



Steven Peterson was supposed to welcome Luis Pena to the featherweight division at UFC Nashville in March.

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But, Pena, a former lightweight, missed weight by 2.5 pounds. To make matters worse, “Violent Bob Ross” was given the option to have an extra hour to continue to cut weight, but he decided not to.

Peterson and his team were frustrated by Pena’s actions and UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby told them they did not have to take the fight and he could get him a new fight soon. “Ocho” nonetheless decided to take the fight. That pleases Shelby enough that he rewarded Peterson with a new contract after the fight.

“After the weigh-in incident with Luis, there was a lot of drama. He refused to continue to cut weight and actually stopped cutting weight at like 7 in the morning. We were in the same sauna that morning and I was at 146 so I was like I’m good to go and he left at the same time we did. Weigh-ins weren’t until 10, so three hours earlier,” Peterson detailed to Sherdog.com.

“He weighed-in almost three pounds over and refused to cut more weight. I looked at Sean Shelby and said this is bulls—t, he should at least try and cut the weight. Sean told me that I did not have to take it and they would not be mad as he missed by quite a bit. I told him I’m a fighter and going to fight and he really liked that. After I fought he came back and gave me a new contract. So I re-upped for four more fights.”

Peterson will begin his new contract with a matchup against Alex Caceres at UFC San Antonio on Saturday.

“It just confirms what I already knew. Just that I I take the fight to my opponent and never back down. That is what they are looking for and I am happy they see what I do,” he concluded.

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