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- Julian Erosa won an absolute slugfest against Steven Peterson tonight
- UFC fighters took to Twitter to express their appreciation for the display
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Any time Julian Erosa steps into the UFC Octagon, we can expect fireworks. He has absolutely thrown down since his return to the UFC and put together an impressive highlight reel. There’s still now way we could have been prepared for what we saw from him and Steven Peterson today.
In round one, Erosa had success from the start. He had Peterson moving backwards and was landing consistently. While the striking stats ended up being close in round one, it felt like Erosa had a clear edge.
Then Peterson turned it up in round two and a slugfest ensued. The two men absolutely unloaded on each other in the round, with each man getting rocked by heavy leather.
Round 3 was more of the same. They just continued to swing at an incredible pace with neither man seeming to be able to really separate themselves. Then Erosa landed a couple of takedowns and landed some big shots from the top to pull ahead.
The fight ended with ended with Erosa throwing a pair of kicks that you’d have to see to believe and even managed to land one of them.
The men went the distance and the scorecards gave a split decision to Erosa, with him winning 28-29, 29-28, 29-28. Fellow UFC fighters were extremely impressed with the display.
THIS FIGHT 🤯 #UFCVegas47 pic.twitter.com/3FlcmhgUPx
— UFC (@ufc) February 6, 2022
Wow what a fight!!!! #UFCVegas47
— Billy Quarantillo (@BillyQMMA) February 6, 2022
Back and forth action #UFCVegas47
Tá lá e cá #UFCnoCombate
👊👊👊
— Charles 'DoBronxs' Oliveira (@CharlesDoBronxs) February 6, 2022
This fight is WILD! Peterson back into the fight now. Erosa has to be more defensively responsible in this 3rd RD and he should win this. #UFCVegas47
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) February 6, 2022
HOLY S*** WHAT A FIGHT!!! #UFCVegas47
— Gerald Meerschaert (@The_Real_GM3) February 6, 2022
That was a hell of a fight!!
— Adrian Yanez (@yanezmma) February 6, 2022
Fittingly, Paul Felder ended up with some blood on his notes at cage side as a result of the wild action.
Fitting pic.twitter.com/br5eIo6CaF
— Paul Felder (@felderpaul) February 6, 2022
It would take something unbelievable for Erosa and Peterson to not wing Fight of the Night at UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs Strickland and I expect to see it get heavy consideration for Fight of the Year.