Andre Petroski explains why he asked for Nick Maximov fight, wants to submit Diaz protégé to steal his hype

Andre Petroski asked for the Nick Maximov fight as he believes it’s a good style matchup for him.

Petroski competed on TUF 29 and beat Micheal Gillmore in his UFC debut. He followed that up with a submission win over Yaozong Hu. After that fight he watched Maximov beat Punahele Soriano and proceeded to ask the UFC for the matchup.