Steven Peterson Not Happy With Scores From The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale

In an interview with MMA Junkie, Steven Peterson said that he’s not happy with the scores from the judges at the Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale, even though he won the fight. He defeated Matt Bessette via split decision, and he thinks it was clear that he won. Here are highlights:

On the judges’ scores: “That was bull(expletive). I won the second and third round without a doubt. But, hey, all the credit to Matt. He stuck in there. He made it a war. He landed a couple good head kicks, but there wasn’t any power on them. It was like a slap in the face. I controlled the rounds, got the takedowns. I felt like I won rounds two and three without a doubt.”

On not letting this get him down: “I fight through adversity. I’m the man of steel. Nothing can keep me down. … Anything that happens to me, you can never count me out. My whole life I’ve been battling adversity. You’re going to see me do that my whole career. No matter what I go through, you’re going to see me come out on top.”

On Mark De La Rosa: “Mark and I were on the same plane flight over and the same shuttle to the hotel. It was a little awkward. He’s a little slimeball. He’s a little weasel. (Expletive) Mark De La Rosa. He delayed my trip to the UFC by ducking me in a world title fight. He no-showed to the title fight when I was the champ. … He doesn’t belong in the UFC. You’ll see in his fight next week that he’s going to get smashed and drop out of the UFC.”