Julian Erosa Had Hint That Steven Peterson Might Miss Weight for UFC Vegas 47

Las Vegas, NV — Julian Erosa got one hell of a fight from Steven Peterson at UFC Vegas 47. It’s exactly the sort of fight he was expecting when he called for the match-up.

“I felt like Peterson was a guy who gets hit, and is willing to hit. That is the reason I called him out in the first place,” Peterson told media outlets including Cageside Press following the bout. “I actually did it in a nice way, and that’s why I think there was respect at the end of the fight. I wasn’t trying to be aggressive or mean to him at all, or make it personal at all. I just wanted to fight. I’d lost a fight, I’d fought [Seung Woo] Choi and lost, so I was looking for somebody to fight, and he was a good contender.”

Erosa admits he started chirping at Peterson, and believes he may have got in his head a little bit. “He seems like a really tough, aggressive guy so I figured he would bite on it, and sure enough he did.”

Peterson missed weight for the fight, something that became a major factor by the time all was said and done. Interestingly enough, Erosa had hints ahead of time that a miss at the scales might be in the cards.

“It’s funny, because he didn’t answer any of my messages or any of my callouts, and he had finally got the fight, he finally accepted the fight, so I was like ‘that’s cool, at least he’s going to fight me,'” Erosa recalled. “And he posted something about eating a foodie kit or eating a catered meal and I was just like ‘don’t miss weight bro’ like six weeks out.”

Peterson replied saying “you sure like to talk sh*t don’t you?” — which had Erosa point out that “you missed weight last time.” That got a thumbs up reply from Peterson, said Erosa, though he later questioned whether Peterson would make weight, making the comment to his wife. “She’s like, ‘there’s no way he doesn’t, he can’t show up and miss weight after that sh*t.'”

He did just that. In the end, however, Peterson missing weight was good for Erosa. With the bout earning Fight of the Night honors, Erosa didn’t just win $50,000 — he got Peterson’s half of the award as well, a full $100,000 for his efforts.

Watch the full UFC Vegas 47 post-fight press scrum with Julian Erosa above. More coverage from the event can be found below.