Petersen vs Cortes-Acosta

Who won Petersen vs Cortes-Acosta?

Waldo Cortes-Acosta beat Thomas Petersen by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of LFA 129, on Friday 15th April 2022 at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Petersen vs Cortes-Acosta stats

Thomas Petersen stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 5 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Waldo Cortes-Acosta made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Thomas Petersen's 7th fight in the LFA, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020. Waldo Cortes-Acosta marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Thomas Petersen's LFA record stood at 6-1-0, while Waldo Cortes-Acosta's came in at 2-0-0.

The stats suggested Petersen had a massive power advantage over Cortes-Acosta, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Cortes-Acosta's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Petersen and Cortes-Acosta would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Thomas Petersen was the younger man by 32 years, at years old.

Cortes-Acosta had a height advantage of 3 inches over Petersen. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Petersen was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2019, 1 year and 7 months later than Cortes-Acosta, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 19 to Cortes-Acosta's 31.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Waldo Cortes-Acosta had been fighting more than Thomas Petersen.

Going to this contest, Thomas Petersen had last fought 2 years, 11 months and 25 days ago, while Waldo Cortes-Acosta's last outing had been 2 years, 3 months and 10 days ago.

Petersen's last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

Cortes-Acosta's last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

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