Lakeville native Thomas Petersen chasing UFC dream
FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
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The UFC heavyweight is'}, {'start': '22.720', 'end': '27.519', 'text': 'scheduled to clash with Dante Maize and'}, {'start': '25.039', 'end': '29.760', 'text': 'for Peterson it very well could be a'}, {'start': '27.519', 'end': '31.840', 'text': 'winner go home situation. my last fight'}, {'start': '29.760', 'end': '34.640', 'text': 'of my contract and so I need to win to'}, {'start': '31.840', 'end': '37.440', 'text': 'get my contract renewed. Life as a UFC'}, {'start': '34.640', 'end': '40.640', 'text': "fighter at times isn't as glamorous as"}, {'start': '37.440', 'end': '43.440', 'text': 'it seems. On top of training full-time,'}, {'start': '40.640', 'end': '46.160', 'text': 'Thomas works 45 to 50 hours a week as a'}, {'start': '43.440', 'end': '48.160', 'text': 'mechanic. But his third full-time job,'}, {'start': '46.160', 'end': '50.320', 'text': "when you hear him talk about it, isn't"}, {'start': '48.160', 'end': '54.079', 'text': 'really work at all. Yeah, I get soft'}, {'start': '50.320', 'end': '56.399', 'text': 'when I talk about my kids.'}, {'start': '54.079', 'end': '59.039', 'text': 'The boys just are smitten over him. You'}, {'start': '56.399', 'end': '61.199', 'text': 'know, anything dad can do. So now a'}, {'start': '59.039', 'end': '62.800', 'text': 'father of three, fighting is more than'}, {'start': '61.199', 'end': '64.000', 'text': 'just for the love of the sport. You'}, {'start': '62.800', 'end': '65.280', 'text': 'know, when I go out and chase a dream'}, {'start': '64.000', 'end': '66.159', 'text': 'and I want to be best in the world. I'}, {'start': '65.280', 'end': '67.680', 'text': 'want to be the best in the world. You'}, {'start': '66.159', 'end': '69.360', 'text': 'know, I like to show my kids that, hey,'}, {'start': '67.680', 'end': '71.760', 'text': 'you know, you can chase your dream, too.'}, {'start': '69.360', 'end': '73.520', 'text': 'Peterson says chasing his UFC dream'}, {'start': '71.760', 'end': '75.840', 'text': "wouldn't be possible without the support"}, {'start': '73.520', 'end': '78.400', 'text': 'of his wife, Cory.'}, {'start': '75.840', 'end': '80.720', 'text': 'Fighting may be an individual sport, but'}, {'start': '78.400', 'end': '82.799', 'text': "whether it's in the octagon or at home,"}, {'start': '80.720', 'end': '85.280', 'text': "there's no question that the Petersons"}, {'start': '82.799', 'end': '87.119', 'text': 'win as a team. Not a lot of women would'}, {'start': '85.280', 'end': '89.119', 'text': "uh would do what she's doing and be all"}, {'start': '87.119', 'end': '91.119', 'text': 'right with it. He would give anybody the'}, {'start': '89.119', 'end': '92.720', 'text': "shirt off his back. He's so humble. He's"}, {'start': '91.119', 'end': '94.320', 'text': 'humble within everything he does. Win,'}, {'start': '92.720', 'end': '95.520', 'text': 'lose, win or learn is what we say at'}, {'start': '94.320', 'end': '97.840', 'text': "home. Win or learn. We don't We don't"}, {'start': '95.520', 'end': '100.400', 'text': "lose, we learn. So, win or learn. He's"}, {'start': '97.840', 'end': '103.200', 'text': 'still the humble same same guy that I'}, {'start': '100.400', 'end': '105.680', 'text': 'married in 2018.'}, {'start': '103.200', 'end': '107.119', 'text': 'Peterson even has Olympic champion Gable'}, {'start': '105.680', 'end': '109.520', 'text': "Stevenson in his corner. I've been"}, {'start': '107.119', 'end': '110.640', 'text': 'knowing Thomas for maybe actually a long'}, {'start': '109.520', 'end': '112.799', 'text': "time. You know, he's taking a lot"}, {'start': '110.640', 'end': '114.399', 'text': "serious. Um he's he's trying to come"}, {'start': '112.799', 'end': '116.640', 'text': 'back from a loss that happened in Saudi'}, {'start': '114.399', 'end': '117.840', 'text': 'Arabia against a Russian fighter. So,'}, {'start': '116.640', 'end': '119.119', 'text': "it's it's time to get on that win"}, {'start': '117.840', 'end': '120.880', 'text': "column. It's time to keep opponent's"}, {'start': '119.119', 'end': '123.200', 'text': "career forward. While winning Saturday's"}, {'start': '120.880', 'end': '126.000', 'text': "fight could very well prolong Peterson's"}, {'start': '123.200', 'end': '128.239', 'text': 'UFC career, victory would only be a'}, {'start': '126.000', 'end': '129.920', 'text': 'small part of making it all worthwhile.'}, {'start': '128.239', 'end': '132.400', 'text': 'For the 30-year-old mechanic from'}, {'start': '129.920', 'end': '134.480', 'text': 'Lakeville, what makes it all worth it is'}, {'start': '132.400', 'end': '136.480', 'text': 'the team he has rooting for him under'}, {'start': '134.480', 'end': '137.840', 'text': 'his own roof. When my kids are, you'}, {'start': '136.480', 'end': '142.599', 'text': 'know, old enough to kind of see what'}, {'start': '137.840', 'end': '144.879', 'text': 'what I did, me and my wife did, and'}, {'start': '142.599', 'end': '146.879', 'text': "uh, you know, that's worth itself. But"}, {'start': '144.879', 'end': '148.720', 'text': 'if hey, if I can, you know, if I can get'}, {'start': '146.879', 'end': '150.319', 'text': 'a world title, if I can, you know, be'}, {'start': '148.720', 'end': '152.000', 'text': 'the best in the world at this, you know,'}, {'start': '150.319', 'end': '154.720', 'text': "then, you know, that's what I want to"}, {'start': '152.000', 'end': '156.959', 'text': 'chase, you know, and I just want to I'}, {'start': '154.720', 'end': '160.080', 'text': 'just love to fight in Prior Lake. Pierre'}, {'start': '156.959', 'end': '161.440', 'text': "Nam, Fox 9 Sports. Oh, he's a dad first."}, {'start': '160.080', 'end': '163.920', 'text': "Well, yeah. And he's working really hard"}, {'start': '161.440', 'end': '167.040', 'text': 'for his family all the time. Good luck.'}, {'start': '163.920', 'end': '167.040', 'text': 'So yeah.'}]