Petersen vs Foster

Who won Petersen vs Foster?

Thomas Petersen beat Richard Foster by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of LFA 150, on Friday 13th January 2023 at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Petersen vs Foster stats

Thomas Petersen stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Richard Foster made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Thomas Petersen's 7th fight in the LFA, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020.

Thomas Petersen's LFA record stood at 6-1-0, while Richard Foster's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Petersen had a massive power advantage over Foster, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Foster's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Foster had a massive advantage over Petersen, boasting a 40% submission rate over Petersen's 0%.

Thomas Petersen was the younger man by 39 years, at years old.

Foster had a height advantage of 5 inches over Petersen.

Petersen was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 7 years and 7 months later than Foster, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 2 less professional rounds, 19 to Foster's 21.

Petersen vs Foster form

Thomas Petersen had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Kory Moegenburg at LFA 142 on 16th September 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Waldo Cortes-Acosta at LFA 129 on 15th April 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round in their LFA Heavyweight championship fight at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Vernon Lewis at LFA 113 on 30th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their LFA Heavyweight championship fight at Bell County Expo Center, Belton.

Before that, he had defeated Odell Pantin at LFA 104 on 16th April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Grand Casino Hotel & Resort, Shawnee.

He was victorious against Brian Peterson at LFA 82 on 21st February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

Activity check

Petersen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Petersen vs Foster?

Thomas Petersen was a 1/20 (-2000) favourite going into the contest, while Richard Foster made his way into the ring at 8/1 (+800) with oddsmakers.