#steven-asplund

#steven-asplund

That was Steven Asplund versus Sean Sharaf, which saw Asplund making his UFC debut after winning on the Contender Series earlier this year. While it wasn't always pretty in a technical sense, it was violent, bloody, and all action. A jab from Asplund in the opening round opened up a nasty cut on Sharaf, but a well-placed one in a sense: right between the eyes, bloody but not completely obscuring his vision, and not bad enough for the cageside physician to stop the bout.

Contender Series winner Steven Asplund, a former LFA heavyweight, made his promotional debut at UFC Vegas 112, facing off against Sean Sharaf. Sharaf was looking for his first win inside the octagon after coming up short in his own debut last year. As for Asplund, his story - weighing over 500 pounds, and losing over 300 in his journey to the UFC - had taken off ahead of his DWCS appearance, putting a few extra eyeballs on his preliminary card debut.