Steven Asplund survived a wild heavyweight conflict with Guilherme Pat to get his hand raised at UFC Vegas 120.
“Concrete” got here out trying to rebound from the primary UFC lack of his profession, whereas Pat was additionally chasing his second Octagon victory after splitting his opening two promotional appearances.
The Minnesota heavyweight managed a lot of the opening spherical with fixed strain. After buying and selling within the clinch and at vary, Asplund linked with an enormous proper hand that dropped “Kong” late within the body. He adopted him to the canvas and unloaded with ground-and-pound, however Pat survived to listen to the bell.
Pat got here roaring again within the second. His sharp jab started discovering Asplund repeatedly earlier than a left hook dropped the American. Pat couldn’t capitalize on the knockdown, nevertheless, and Asplund continued forcing his approach into the pocket and clinch.
The struggle remained aggressive heading into the ultimate spherical, however Steven Asplund discovered one other gear. A excessive kick caught Pat clear and visibly wobbled the Brazilian earlier than each heavyweights slowed down throughout a collection of exhausting clinch exchanges.
After quarter-hour of back-and-forth motion, all three judges scored the struggle 29-28 for Asplund, giving him the unanimous determination victory.
The win improved Steven Asplund to 8-2 professionally and moved him again into the win column after his defeat to Vitor Petrino. “Kong” fell to 6-2 professionally and can now look to regroup after one other aggressive UFC outing.
