Steven Peterson was unfazed by the hype surrounding Manny Vazquez.
Peterson submitted Vazquez with a rear-naked choke to capture the Legacy Fighting Championship bantamweight title in the Legacy 56 headliner on Friday at The Bomb Factory in Dallas. The bout ended with Vazquez asleep in the challenger’s arms 3:08 into the fourth round.
Vazquez found himself stuck in two guillotines inside the first five minutes but bounced back with smooth punching in the second round, opening a laceration near the Octagon MMA export’s right eye. However, Peterson rebounded in the third, where he weathered an early storm, took down the champion and seized his back before threatening with a rear-naked choke for roughly two minutes.